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Originally Posted by SweetyTweety
When a professor is listed as being on a "contractually limited appointment", does that mean he's there just for that one year (replacing someone who is on leave) or is he likely to return in the coming years until he gets tenure?
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It depends on the context. The contracts are usually annual, but it's not uncommon for them to be renewed. Depends on the reason for hiring the person in the first place. If they are just covering a leave, then it may not get renewed even if the prof is really good. Sometimes people put it on their LinkedIn resume after leaving the job, as an explanation as to why they left the position, but they don't specify the length of the contract or why it wasn't renewed.
It has nothing to do with whether or not they have a degree, though. Most of the contractually limited appointments I know of are PhDs, with only one without and that's because he was a grad student who had TA'd the course for a few years, and then graduated with a Masters.
