Glossary

AAP

Affirmative Action Plan

ATR

Authorization to Recruit: Also known as Search Authorization

dFac

The faculty database system used by all schools for maintaining official faculty records including appointments, tenure records, sabbaticals, professorships, and more.

DUMC

Duke University Medical Center

DUSOM

Duke University School of Medicine|

Faculty Handbook

The Duke University Faculty Handbook, “contains policies and procedures pertinent to faculty at Duke University. … Because of the range of subject matters and authority for them, these policies and procedures are subject to change at any time. Revisions to the Faculty Handbook will be incorporated periodically. Duke faculty are responsible for checking the website https://policies.provost.duke.edu/docs/faculty-handbook to keep abreast of alterations and additions.” Faculty Handbook, title page.

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding- a document between two parties (e.g. school/school, department/department, or individual/department) outlining the terms of a cooperative agreement.

Nomenclature Committee

This committee proposed the establishment of regular rank, non-tenure track titles in the late 1980s. Its recommendations as amended were adopted by the University Faculty on January 17, 1991.

Office of Institutional Equity

The Duke office charged with providing “institutional leadership in enhancing respectful, diverse and inclusive work and learning environments for the Duke Community” (OIE homepage).

Opportunity Hire

An appointment opportunity that arises outside the normal cycle of faculty development planning and recruitment. The Provost must waive in writing the requirement for an open faculty search in these cases.

PDC

Private Diagnostic Clinic: It is within this umbrella organization that the 750 physician-partners of the Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC, in DUMC operate.

PSA

Personnel Subareas: A coding convention in the Duke HR/Payroll system which is used in determining benefits levels. Faculty PSAs are listed here.

SACS

The Southern Associate of Colleges and Schools is the regional body for the accreditation of degree granting higher education institutions in the Southern states.

UIC University Institutes and Centers

The university institutes, initiatives and centers that complement the widespread interdisciplinarity found in every school at Duke. Learn more here.