Lecturer

Monox D. I-FlyIs in English, someone who teaches in college being called a lecturer? All my English classes refers to them as such, but in every fiction involving them I watched or read, they're usually just called as "professor". So, is a "college teacher" a "lecturer" or a "professor"?

In the U.S. these are academic positions or ranks. You have, in order of

CalifJim Monox D. I-FlyIs in English, someone who teaches in college being called a lecturer? All my English classes refers to them as such, but in every fiction involving them I watched or read, they're usually just called as "professor". So, is a "college teacher" a "lecturer" or a "professor"?In the U.S. these are academic positions. You have, in order of decreasing sa

In the UK, the title/rank of professor is reserved for people holding a chair.

fivejedjonpeople holding a chair.

... for a woman when she sits down?

Can you explain "chair" in that sense? As an American I'm not familiar with it except as in "He is first chair horn in the local orchestra", which doesn't sound anywhere near the same thing.

CJ

A chair is a professorship!

That's a circular definition, I'm afraid, but that's the one most dictionaries give.

A professorship is the highest academic rank. It was traditionally awarded only to heads of department or heads of an important division within a department. The title is awarded more frequently nowadays, though you'll see from this

fivejedjonawarded only to heads of department or heads of an important division within a department

Hmm. That's definitely not the American system. We had a lot more professors than that. I suspect it was just a matter of how long you worked at a given institution and how many papers you got published, the latter of which was not difficult as there were ple

fivejedjonThe title is awarded more frequently nowadays, though you'll see from this staff list that only about 20% of the teaching staff are professors. The others are all lecturers, though some may be senior lecturers.

Does that mean that the value of professorship has declined today?

Monox D. I-Flycollege

This does not mean the same thing in all parts of the world. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College

Monox D. I-Flya lecturer?

This is informative

AnonymousThis does not mean the same thing in all parts of the world. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College

In my case, it is official education after graduating high-school.