Faculty and Administrators' Eligibility for Graduate Degrees

No holder of an academic administrative title of assistant dean or equivalent or above at the University of Cincinnati who holds faculty rank above instructor (full-time or adjunct) may matriculate or be granted a graduate degree from the University of Cincinnati.

No graduate degree from the University of Cincinnati will be granted to any faculty member at the University of Cincinnati above the rank of instructor (full-time or adjunct) who teaches in the same department/division in which the degree is to be granted. This rule also applies to adjunct appointments at any level and to interdisciplinary degrees when the same college is one of the interdisciplinary colleges.

College deans may petition the Senior Assistant Dean of the Graduate School for a waiver of this policy on an individual faculty member’s behalf. The written request should include a statement about the teaching responsibilities of the faculty member indicating if they are teaching graduate students and a plan for managing potential conflicts of interest.