visiting scholars

Temporary campus researchers

Visiting scholars are academics temporarily affiliated with an institution other than their home university, typically for research collaboration or access to resources.

The arrangement usually lasts a semester to a year: She spent her sabbatical as a visiting scholar at Oxford.

Unlike visiting professors, visiting scholars generally don't have teaching responsibilities.

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