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Human Resources > Benefits > Type of Employee > Full Time Faculty

Full Time Faculty

Faculty must be appointed on a full-time or part-time (half-time or greater) basis for the entire academic year or on a full-time basis for half the academic year. The University defines half the academic year as either one semester or 2 consecutive quarters.

Eligible faculty may participate in the health, dental & vision plans; basic term, supplemental term, spouse term and dependent care term life insurance plans; as well as the long term disability, AD&D, FSA, HSA, retirement and long term care plans.

Academic Full-Time and Half-Time Faculty

Such individuals must be compensated exclusively by the University or one or more of the following affiliated McGaw Medical Center institutions including the University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH), Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation (NMFF), NorthShore University HealthSystem, Children's Memorial Hospital and its related faculty practice plans, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), and the VA Lakeside Medical Center.

Eligible academic year faculty may participate in the health & dental, group term and optional term life insurance, long term disability, AD&D, FSA, retirement and long term care plans.

An individual's University salary must be sufficient to cover the amount of monthly premium deductions as well retirement plan contributions.

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