Overview of Emeritus Appointments
Regular rank faculty members who retire at age sixty-five or over, or who have served the university for at least ten years, may receive the emeritus title of the same faculty rank they held at retirement. The approved Emeritus/Emerita appointment replaces the faculty member’s primary appointment and remains active until the faculty member’s death.
A note on final pay checks
Sometimes faculty are promoted on a date that does not coincide with their hiring date and pay schedule. For example, an Assistant Professor who began at Duke on September 1 of one year may receive early promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure effective, say, on a January 1. This individual continues to receive pay on a September through August schedule. This means that even though the pay raise for the promotion becomes effective on January 1 of the appropriate year, such individuals will remain on a September through August pay schedule and their last pay check from Duke will arrive either in February – if they leave Duke after the fall semester – or in August – if they leave Duke after the spring semester. The promotion date and change in rate of pay do not affect the annual pay schedule established at time of hire.