faculty

noun

1 natural ability of the body/mind

ADJECTIVE

▪ higher

▪

the evolution of man's higher faculties

▪ cognitive, intellectual, mental, rational

▪

He is not in full possession of all his mental faculties.

▪ creative, critical, imaginative, moral

▪ human

VERB + FACULTY

▪ be in possession of, have

▪

She is over eighty but still has all her faculties.

▪ lose

▪ develop

▪

We try to develop the student's critical faculties.

PREPOSITION

▪ faculty for

▪

our faculty for picking up speech even in noisy environments

2 university department

ADJECTIVE

▪ Arts, English, law, medical, etc.

FACULTY + NOUN

▪ member

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the faculty

▪

students who are doing degrees in the Arts Faculty

▪ faculty of

▪

the Faculty of Arts

PHRASES

▪ a member of the faculty

▪ the dean of (the) faculty, the head of (the) faculty

3 (AmE) the teachers at a university

ADJECTIVE

▪ college, departmental, university

▪ full-time, part-time

▪ adjunct

▪

Teachers are typically part-timers and adjunct faculty.

▪ junior, senior

▪ tenured, untenured

▪

The degree of job security for tenured faculty is high relative to most other jobs.

▪ non-tenure-track, tenure-track

VERB + FACULTY

▪ hire, recruit

▪ retain

▪ join

▪

She joined the faculty of the University of Maryland.

▪ be on

▪

He is currently on the faculty at the University of Texas.

FACULTY + NOUN

▪ appointment, position

▪

I was fortunate to receive a faculty appointment at Ohio State.

▪ development, recruitment

▪

Larger grants may ensure more funding for faculty development.

▪ research

▪ governance

▪ committee, senate

▪

a hearing before a faculty committee

▪ union

▪ adviser, mentor

▪

My faculty adviser made an effort to contact me.

PREPOSITION

▪ on the faculty

▪

her colleagues on the faculty

▪ faculty at

▪

the faculty at public institutions

▪ faculty of

▪

the faculty of the University of Iowa