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The main job of a lectuer is teaching. Usually a lectuer teaches one to three classes per semester. The class can be a large class, which has 300-600 students. The lectuer is responsible to supervise his graduate teaching assistants and teach the whole class. Sometimes the lectuer can teach a small class of 50 students in the evening for special needs of working students. (personal: my boss is a lectuer)

In contrast, an assistant professor should be a tenure-track faculty that means he or she holds a permanent job position. Besides teaching one or maximum two classes each semester, the assistant professor is responsible to conduct its own research and publish some papers in order to rank up to an associate professor.

That is pretty much all I know so far in my previous college and current college. Good luck on your search.

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那请问lecturer的下一步是什么？
他的升职路径是什么？

维基百科里有，不过是英文版的，好多国家的学术排名都有：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_ranks

我可以开个主贴翻译一下美国的教授等级