Faculty
In academic usage, faculty has two principal senses. It can refer to the body of teachers and researchers at a university, collectively described as the faculty. It can also denote an organizational unit within a university, called a faculty, division, or college, comprising related departments and disciplines.
The term derives from Latin facultas meaning capability or power and historically designated the major divisions
The faculty as staff includes professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and lecturers who teach, supervise research,
Usage varies by country. In the United States, "the faculty" usually means the academic staff rather than
A third sense is psychological: "faculties" refer to innate mental powers such as memory, perception, and reason.