§ 187. — Permanent commissioned teaching staff; composition.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC187]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 9--COAST GUARD ACADEMY
Sec. 187. Permanent commissioned teaching staff; composition
The permanent commissioned teaching staff at the Academy shall
consist of professors, associate professors, assistant professors and
instructors, in such numbers as the needs of the Service require. They
shall perform duties as prescribed by the Commandant, and exercise
command only in the academic department of the Academy.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 509; Pub. L. 86-474, Sec. 1(10), May
14, 1960, 74 Stat. 145.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 15b, 15c (Apr. 16, 1937,
ch. 107, Secs. 1, 2, 50 Stat. 66; May 2, 1942, ch. 273, 56 Stat. 265).
Section 15b of title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., has been divided. Part of
the provisions of the first sentence is placed in this section, while
other provisions are placed in section 188 of this title.
Section 15c of title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., has been divided. The
last sentence is incorporated in this section, while the other
provisions are placed in section 189 of this title.
The composition of the teaching staff at the Academy is changed
materially on the recommendation of the Academic Board and the Advisory
Committee. The scope of duty of members of the staff is enlarged to
include whatever the Commandant prescribes.
Title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 15b provides for five professors as
heads or assistant heads of departments at the Academy. The Academic
Board of the Academy and the Advisory Committee, after extensive study
have recommended the change, as provided in this section, to three
professors and twelve others on the permanent teaching staff, with
designations to conform generally with the designations and grades of
faculty members at other universities. The librarian is given faculty
status because of the role of the library as the center of the modern
university; this is in conformity with the practice of other higher
educational institutions. It is believed that the increased number of
permanent commissioned instructors is justified and desirable in view of
the expansion of the Cadet Corps as the full effect of the return to a
four-year course is felt. It is probable that, in the next few years,
the number of cadets will approximate 450. The average number in the
past two years has been about 300. This new set-up for the permanent
commissioned teaching staff will permit desirable exchanges of
professors with leading universities, and occasional sabbatical leaves
in order to better the faculty generally. It is pointed out that this
increase in permanent instructors does not increase the authorized
number of officers in the Coast Guard, as they are all included in the
limitation provided in section 42 of this title. If a teaching position
at the Academy is not provided for permanently it will require the
assignment of an additional regular officer, so it is apparent that the
changes proposed in this section do not increase the size of the
Service, or the expense, but represent a long-range plan to better the
Academy as a leading educational institution within the present,
recognized, standards for a proper university faculty. The last sentence
retains the command status of the professors as provided in existing law
but enlarges the field in which they may perform duty, in order to make
it possible to give them interim assignments other than at the Academy,
thus broadening their knowledge of the Service while still
advantageously utilizing their services. 81st Congress, House Report No.
557.
Amendments
1960--Pub. L. 86-474 substituted ``shall consist of professors,
associate professors, assistant professors and instructors, in such
numbers as the needs of the Service require'' for ``shall consist of not
more than three professors who may serve as heads of departments, and
not more than twelve associate professors, assistant professors, and
commissioned instructors, one of whom shall be the librarian''.
