faculty: translation
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
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