In an academic context, which is a "higher" title: "Professor" or "Dr."?

[Lambsbread]

Professor is just another name for teacher in college, to replace Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Anyone who teaches is a professor.

Not uniformly true. "Professor" is the college equivalent to "teacher", but "Doctor" is a title reserved for people with doctorates (obviously.) There are professors without doctorates, hence the title of just "professor."

To answer the question, I wouldn't consider either a "higher" title, but Doctor is probably a greater distinction than just professor.

[Lambsbread]

Professor is just another name for teacher in college, to replace Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Anyone who teaches is a professor.

Not uniformly true. "Professor" is the college equivalent to "teacher", but "Doctor" is a title reserved for people with doctorates (obviously.) There are professors without doctorates, hence the title of just "professor."

I'm teaching in College, but I'm not called "Professor".

Are you full time?

Professor is just another name for teacher in college, to replace Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Anyone who teaches is a professor.

Not uniformly true. "Professor" is the college equivalent to "teacher", but "Doctor" is a title reserved for people with doctorates (obviously.) There are professors without doctorates, hence the title of just "professor."

To answer the question, I wouldn't consider either a "higher" title, but Doctor is probably a greater distinction than just professor.

But anyone with a doctorate is still called "Professor" in the classroom.

Eh, I've called professors with doctorates "Doctor".

[Lambsbread]

Professor is just another name for teacher in college, to replace Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Anyone who teaches is a professor.

Not uniformly true. "Professor" is the college equivalent to "teacher", but "Doctor" is a title reserved for people with doctorates (obviously.) There are professors without doctorates, hence the title of just "professor."

I'm teaching in College, but I'm not called "Professor".

Are you full time?

Half-time.

I wonder if there's a distinction. I've never had anything other than full time professors. I personally would refer to any person teaching one of my classes as "professor"