{"id":2661,"date":"2026-01-29T14:41:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=2661"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:43:50","slug":"definitions","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"101.02 &#8211; Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Academic Staff member <\/strong>\u2013 Professional and administrative personnel other than faculty and University staff with duties, and subject to types of appointments, that are primarily associated with higher education institutions or their administration.\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faculty status granted to an academic staff member, as described under the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Milwaukee Faculty Policies and Procedures, Chapter 101 (1) (b), does not affect the holder\u2019s rights and privileges as an academic staff member.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>College<\/strong> &#8211; A college is an organizational unit with a dean as its chief executive officer.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cumulative years of service<\/strong> \u2013 The combined years of service to the University with an appointment of 50% or greater, regardless of position, title, unit, or continuity of appointment.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Division<\/strong> \u2013 A division is an organizational unit with a vice chancellor as its chief executive officer.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Functional Area<\/strong> \u2013 The specific unclassified work category which is defined by the majority of the type of work assigned to the position (i.e. &#8211; instructional or non- instructional).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Limited Title Appointment (Executive Administrative Staff)<\/strong> \u2013 A special appointment to a designated administrative position. This type of appointment serves at the pleasure of the authorized official who made the appointment and holds no governance standing.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Operational Area: Indefinite<\/strong> \u2013 The college or division in which an indefinite academic staff member works.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Operational Area: Probationary\/Fixed-Term<\/strong> \u2013 The department, program, unit and\/or division where an academic staff member works as indicated in the employment contract.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prior Years of Service <\/strong>\u2013 The number of years an academic staff member may be credited at the time of initial probationary appointment.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Years of Service<\/strong> \u2013 One year of service equates to one year of full-time employment or one-year \u201cprior service\u201d as counted in accordance with Chapter 104.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Years of Service: Calculation<\/strong> \u2013 Calculating years of service shall be done using the anniversary date of the first contract date plus any prior years of service credited. The first year of one\u2019s contract shall be considered the academic staff member\u2019s first year (unless otherwise stipulated in the contract) and the anniversary date begins the next year of service.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-2655\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/\">Chapter 101 \u2013 Coverage, Definitions and Functional Areas<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/coverage\/\">101.01 \u2013 Coverage<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/definitions\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">101.02 \u2013 Definitions<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/functional-areas\/\">101.03 \u2013 Functional Areas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":2644,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-2661","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>101.02 - Definitions - Policy Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/definitions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"101.02 - Definitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/definitions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Policy Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T20:43:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\\\/definitions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\\\/definitions\\\/\",\"name\":\"101.02 - Definitions - Policy Library\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T20:41:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-29T20:43:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\\\/definitions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\\\/definitions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\\\/definitions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chapter 101 &#8211; 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