An assistant professor who receives tenure becomes an associate professor and may later be appointed a full professor.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

David Kirsch is an associate professor at the Robert H.Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

They earn credits toward an associate of arts degree in liberal arts from Patten University in Oakland,California.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

He is the associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

Harris Perlman is an associate professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Illinois.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

George Dimopoulos is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute in Baltimore,Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Carolyn McClellan is an associate director at the National Museum of the American Indian.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Cleveland Evans is an associate professor of psychology at Bellevue University in Nebraska.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The president said jobs requiring at least an associate degree are expected to grow twice as fast in the coming years as jobs requiring no college experience.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

George Dimopoulos is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Jeanne Marie Teutonico is the associate director of the Getty Conservation Institute.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

Robert Hawkins is associate professor of social work at New York University.

VOA: special.2010.11.22

The associate director of the writing center, Tammi Conard-Salvo, says international students should look online for materials that explain the kind of writing they will be required to do.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

An associate professor may later be appointed a full professor.

VOA: special.2010.09.02