Part Time Faculty

Faculty must be appointed on a part-time 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 quarters.

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

Academic Full-Time and Half-Time Faculty

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

An individual's University salary must be sufficient to cover the amount of monthly premium deductions.

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Plans

Health
Vision
Dental
Life Insurance
Retirement
Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account (FSA & HSA)
Short Term Disability (STD)
Long Term Disability (LTD)
Long Term Care (LTC)
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)