{"id":2665,"date":"2026-01-29T14:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=2665"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:46:13","slug":"functional-areas","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/functional-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"101.03 &#8211; Functional Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>There shall be two functional areas within the academic staff:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Non-Instructional:<\/strong> Academic staff members who primarily carry out non- instructional and non-research academic responsibilities.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Instructional: <\/strong>Academic staff members who primarily carry out instructional and\/or research responsibilities.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All academic staff members as defined in Section 101.03 of these Policies and Procedures shall be a member of one of these functional areas as specified in the employment contract.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For individuals holding limited title appointments concurrent with probationary or indefinite academic staff appointments, the functional area shall be that of the concurrent academic staff appointment, as specified in the appointment letter.&nbsp;<\/p>\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 href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/definitions\/\">101.02 \u2013 Definitions<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/coverage-definitions-and-functional-areas\/functional-areas\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">101.03 \u2013 Functional Areas<\/span><\/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-2665","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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