
Overview of Administrative Appointments
The following administrative titles have been approved by the President and Provost. Administrative appointments, particularly those at the school, institute, center, division, or department level are recorded in dFac. Additionally, the appointments below are reported to the Board of Trustees.
- Chair
- Chancellor
- Chief
- Dean
- Director (including Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies)
- President
- Provost
- University Secretary
- University Librarian
Modifiers of "vice", "co-", "executive", "senior", "associate", "assistant", "interim", "deputy", "acting", and similar are also approved to be used in administrative appointment titles.
In dFac, administrative appointments will be coded as "A".
Other administrative roles
Other administrative roles and service to the university may be entered on the faculty member's university profile (Scholars@Duke).
Processing and Approving Administrative Appointments for Duke University Faculty
dFac Users: View the documentation required to finalize each action.
regular rank faculty

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Non-regular rank faculty
