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[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Education]]
== Types of Professors ==
'''Professor''' ''(general)''
A college or university teacher who ranks above an associate professor.
'''Associate Professor'''
A college or university professor who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor.
'''Assistant Professor'''
A college or university teacher who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor.
'''Adjunct Professor'''
Attached to a faculty or staff in a temporary or auxiliary capacity.
'''Visiting Professor'''
A professor on leave who is invited to serve as a member of the faculty of another college or university for a limited period of time, often an academic year.
'''Professor Emeritus'''
Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement.
<ref>The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.</ref>