Academics
What is it?
When we refer to Academics in Workday, we are talking about the processes and data associated with managing faculty Academic Appointments. This includes:
- Assigning Academic Appointments to faculty during staffing actions (hire, add additional job, change job)
- Initiating and maintaining ad-hoc updates to Academic Appointments
- Tracking tenure status, faculty assignment reports, and all associated Academic Appointment details
Key Terminology
A formal record in Workday that identifies a faculty member’s academic role, rank, tenure status and organizational affiliation.
Used in Workday as an organizational structure that represents a college, department, center, institute or program involved in teaching, research or academic administration. Academic Units are used to organize faculty, assign Academic Appointments and support reporting and governance across academic areas.
The category that defines whether a faculty member is tenure-track, non-tenure, clinical, research, adjunct, etc.
The faculty member’s academic standing (e.g., Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor).
The employment status indicating whether a faculty member has tenure, is on tenure track or is non-tenure track.
The scheduled date for reviewing a faculty member’s appointment or progress toward promotion or tenure.
Identifies the primary appointment designating the faculty member’s main role and academic unit, and secondary appointments recorded separately but connected to the same individual.
A security role in Workday that supports faculty-related HR processes, serving as the primary HR contact for faculty academic appointments.