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    balakrishnanijk is offline Member
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    Will you please explain the meaning of:
    professor
    full professor
    associate professor
    assistant professor
    visiting professor
    regious professor
    reader
    instructor
    teacher (in colleges and universities)
    master
    foundation professor
    distinguished professor
    lecturer
    chair
    emeritus professor......................................... .....

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    Default Re: difference galore

    Different countries and institutions have different meanings for these terms. Do you have a specific country in mind?

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    I am referring to US English.

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    I am afraid, no one has straightened me out.
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    Default Re: difference galore

    Not being American, I can only direct you to this: Coming to Terms With Academic Titles at US Colleges

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