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I've never been to a university in the US where assistant and associate professors didn't have at the bare minimum Masters degrees in their field, or where associate professor was not a tenured position.
But you've sort of made my point for me - All I'm saying is that Professor has a very specific association in the UK, one that is broader in the states. It's not a academic piss competition - from your own words - if someone says that they have talked to a prof - then that could mean someone at the start of their career with a masters or someone at the top of their field after 40 years. ALL I am saying is that to a brit that the term has a very specific meaning.
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No, it's pretty much restricted to permanent or semi-permanent faculty engaged in teaching or research, with proper accredation in their fields. In other words it means the same thing as it does in your country.
No not really - your description would cover researcher,Teaching assistant, Research assistant, Lecturer A, Lecturer B, Senior Lecturer, research fellow,reader and many others. Those people all have slightly different roles and that why we use those different titles. None of those people would be described as a professor automatically.
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