Associate Professor vs. Professor

[Max Rum]

Какая разница между Associate Professor и просто Professor?

[Azazello]

Associate Professor - это чуть меньше доцента, а просто Professor - профессор и есть... Кроме того, Professor может быть научным званием, не связанным с должностью, а Associate Professor - всегда должность...

[flip_flop]

Associate Professor - это чуть меньше доцента, а просто Professor - профессор и есть... Кроме того, Professor может быть научным званием, не связанным с должностью, а Associate Professor - всегда должность...

Ассосиейт профессор - это и есть доцент. Почему чуть меньше а не чуть больше? Например, большой ли шанс у наших доцентов устроится как ассосиейт профессор? Есть еще ассистант профессор, с которого наши некоторые просто профессоры и начинают. Некоторые ассистант профессор скромно забывают эту приставку и говорят просто и со вкусом - работаю профессором. Как кому нравится

[snetesin]

а Associate Professor - всегда должность

Absolutely incorrect.

As flip_flop noted, it is generally rather meaningless to compare russian and american professors.

Facutly without a PhD is typically called Lecturer or Instructor.

Faculty with PhD but without full-time appointment is called Adjunct Professor or Visiting Professor (Adjuncts and Visitors can also be calles Visiting/Adjunct Associate Professor or Visiting Professor)

Assistant Professor is awarded to full-time faculty with PhD.

Associate professor is typically awarded to an assistant professor after Tenure although some schools may award Associate professor without tenure.

Full professor (typically just "professor") is the next step that is awarded to an associate professor for contributions to research. Later, Full professor can be awarded a Chair (e.g., a professor can be called "A.B. Smith Professor of Finance which essentially means that A.B. Smith established a fund to increase this particular professor's salary to reflect his continuing contributions into research).

Finally, after retiring the most distinguished professors are called Professor Emeritus.

There are also "Practice professors" "Clinical Professors" etc.