For purposes of sections 85-1430 to 85-1435: (1) Administrator means any employee of a Nebraska public postsecondary institution whose primary duties include executive, managerial, or supervisory responsibilities, including presidents, chancellors, vice presidents, provosts, deans, associate or assistant deans, and other comparable positions; (2) Adjunct faculty means instructional personnel employed on a part-time, temporary, or course-by-course basis, regardless of title, and who are not employed on a full-time continuing contract; (3) Commission means the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education; (4) Employment classification means the category of employment under which an employee is engaged by a postsecondary institution, including: (a) Full-time or part-time status; (b) Permanent, probationary, temporary, or contract status; (c) Tenured, tenure-track, nontenure-track, or nontenured status, when applicable; and (d) Any other classification used by the institution to distinguish categories of employment for compensation, workload, or benefit purposes; (5) Instructional faculty means employees whose primary responsibilities include teaching, research, or public service, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, lecturers, and comparable academic titles, whether tenured or nontenured; (6) Nebraska public postsecondary institution has the same meaning as in section 85-2403; (7) Rank or position within each employee group means the title, level, or designation assigned by a postsecondary institution to differentiate employees within an employee group based on responsibility, experience, academic standing, or administrative authority, including: (a) For instructional faculty, academic rank such as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, or comparable titles; and (b) For adjunct faculty, instructional designation or course-based title used by the institution; and (8) Salary and benefits data means compensation information including wages, salaries, and employer-paid benefits.
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