Section 4.07: Regents' Professorships
SUBJECT: Regents' Professorships
SOURCE: Board Policy Manual 803.04
POLICY
803.04 REGENTS' PROFESSORSHIPS
Regents' Professorships may be granted by the Board of Regents to outstanding faculty members of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Georgia, the Medical College of Georgia, Georgia State University, and in special circumstances approved by the Board other University System institutions. A Regents' Professorship shall be awarded by the Board only upon the unanimous recommendation of the president, the dean of the graduate school, the administrative dean, the academic dean, and three other members of the faculty to be named by the president, and upon the approval of the Chancellor and the Committee on Education.
A Regents' Professorship shall be granted by the Board for a period of three years. Consideration of the renewal of the professorship for a second three- year period shall be given by the Board upon recommendation of the president of the institution, the Chancellor, and the Committee on Education. After a period of six years the Regents' Professorship shall automatically become coincidental in term with the regular professorship. (BR Minutes, 1946-47, pp. 166-67; 1947-48, pp. 252-53)
Last Updated: 02/15/1991
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