FACULTY MEMBERS IN AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Colleges and universities in the US (to be headed) by a president and a provost who (to be) usually a chief academic officer. At the head of each school or college there (to be) a dean. A chairperson or head (to supervise) individual departments of instruction.
Faculty members (to range) from professor to instructor. A full professor (to have) tenure which is a permanent appointment with guaranteed employment until retirement. The next rank (to be) associate professor, who may or may not have tenure depending on the policy of a particular college or university. Next (to be) an assistant
professor who (not to have) tenure. At the bottom of the academic ladder (to be) instructors. In many institutions, some instructors (to be) graduate students who (to conduct) introductory undergraduate courses or (to direct) small groups that meet to discuss material covered by senior faculty in larger formal lectures.
8. Complete the sentence given below:
The faculty members in an American university are: a full professor, ...