nonfaculty

adjective

non·​fac·​ul·​ty ˌnän-ˈfa-kəl-tē How to pronounce nonfaculty (audio)
: not of, relating to, or included among the members of a school's faculty
nonfaculty staff/positions

Examples of nonfaculty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The report compiled by the California State University Employees Union, which represents the workers, analyzed the salaries of nearly 12,000 nonfaculty workers at 23 campuses and in the chancellor’s office, including custodians, lab technicians and healthcare workers. Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 Since February, when the coronavirus hit, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that colleges and universities have shed more than 300,000 mostly nonfaculty jobs. Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020 The school cut 28 nonfaculty full- and part-time staff jobs because of the loss of revenue. Kate Shepherd, Chicago Reader, 12 June 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonfaculty was in 1896

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“Nonfaculty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonfaculty. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.

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