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professor

vr.tr.professor · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the professor rank and its variants across systems, describe how the title is attained and used, identify specific professors with sources, and support academic career questions.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the professor rank and its variants across systems, describe how the title is attained and used, identify specific professors with sources, and support academic career questions.

An academic rank and title for a senior teacher and researcher at a university or college, with variants such as full, associate, assistant, distinguished, visiting, affiliate and courtesy professors, named chairs such as Professor of Classics, and differing systems across countries; professors teach, research, supervise and serve in governance, and the title is also used informally for teachers in some countries.

What it is for: A senior academic rank.

It can be explain ranks and variants; describe appointment and promotion; identify specific professors; support academic careers.

Distinguishing features

Academic title

Teaching and research role

Country-specific systems

Variants and chairs

What it looks like

Not physical; a title and role.

How it is recognised

Senior academic rank

Teaching and research

Lecturers and instructors hold junior ranks in many systems

Related models

is a kind of - category

university teacher

is a kind of - category

academic

is related to - research output

scientific theory

is related to - an academic field

cultural studies

In practice

Families and kinds

full professors

associate and assistant professors

distinguished and research professors

visiting, affiliate and courtesy professors

named chairs

Standards and regulation

University statutes on academic ranks

National regulations on the professor title

Academic freedom and tenure rules

Failure modes and hazards

Misuse of the title

Confusing ranks across countries

Misidentifying individuals

Also called

affiliate professordistinguished professordistinguished research professorcourtesy appointmentProfessor of Classicsvisiting professoraffiliate associate professorRuth and Edwin Kennedy Distinguished Professor Awarddistinguished visiting professorprofessor of medicineJuniorprofessorProfessor of GeosciencesDistinguished Professoracademy professorexternal professorprofessor emeritusprofessor of dentistrycommunity college teacheracting professorprofessor of international relationsprofessor of geographyRegius Professor of Greekprofessor of psychologyprofessor of evolutionary psychologyprofesseur des universitésHonored ProfessorsophistProfessor of Somatic Sexologyprofessor of physicsprofessor of economicsscientific professorship degreeGresham Professor of DivinityLucasian Professor of MathematicsBrüder-Grimm-Poetikprofessurprofessor emeritus at Aix-Marseille University

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.professor

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a professor is.

Ranks.

Ranks

Ranks and variants.

Ranks

Ranks.

  1. What are the professorial ranks and variants such as distinguished, visiting, affiliate or courtesy professor, and how do they differ? definition
  2. How do systems differ between countries? provenance

Specific

A specific professor.

Specific

Specific professor.

  1. Who is this professor, and what are their position and work, according to their institution and reliable sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits them? action
Career Becoming a professor.

Path.

Path

Career path.

Path

Career path.

  1. How does one become a professor in this system, from doctorate to tenure or habilitation? provenance
  2. What do promotion criteria involve? provenance

Roles

Duties.

Roles

Duties.

  1. What do professors do in teaching, research, supervision and governance? definition
  2. What is a named chair? definition
Rules Title and rights.

Regulation.

Title

Use of the title.

Title

Title.

  1. Who may use the title professor here, and how is it regulated? provenance
  2. How is it used informally in some countries? provenance

Freedom

Academic freedom.

Freedom

Academic freedom.

  1. What are academic freedom and tenure, and how are they protected? provenance
  2. Which debates exist, with positions attributed? boundary
History History and culture.

Context.

History

History of the rank.

History

History.

  1. How did the professorship develop from medieval universities to modern systems? provenance
  2. How has diversity among professors changed, according to data? provenance

Culture

Professors in culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How are professors represented in fiction and popular culture? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should academic ranks be a single entry?
  • How should university directories be linked?
  • How should national systems be compared?
Draft as JSON