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
▪ ~ for
▪
our ~ for picking up speech even in noisy environments
2 university department
ADJECTIVE
▪ Arts , English , law , medical , etc.
FACULTY + NOUN
▪ member
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
students who are doing degrees in the Arts Faculty
▪ ~ of
▪
the Faculty of Arts
PHRASES
▪ a member of the ~
▪ the dean of (the) ~ , the head of (the) ~
3 ( AmE ) the teachers at a university
ADJECTIVE
▪ college , departmental , university
▪ full-time , part-time
▪ adjunct
▪
Teachers are typically part-timers and adjunct ~.
▪ junior , senior
▪ tenured , untenured
▪
The degree of job security for tenured ~ is high relative to most other jobs.
▪ non-tenure-track , tenure-track
VERB + FACULTY
▪ hire , recruit
▪ retain
▪ join
▪
She joined the ~ of the University of Maryland.
▪ be on
▪
He is currently on the ~ at the University of Texas.
FACULTY + NOUN
▪ appointment , position
▪
I was fortunate to receive a ~ appointment at Ohio State.
▪ development , recruitment
▪
Larger grants may ensure more funding for ~ development.
▪ research
▪ governance
▪ committee , senate
▪
a hearing before a ~ committee
▪ union
▪ adviser , mentor
▪
My ~ adviser made an effort to contact me.
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~
▪
her colleagues on the ~
▪ ~ at
▪
the ~ at public institutions
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of the University of Iowa