three years later she received a letter from , the prussian minister for science, art, and public education, in which he conferred on her the title of "nicht beamteter ausserordentlicher professor" (an untenured professor with limited internal administrative rights and functions). this was an unpaid "extraordinary" professorship, not the higher "ordinary" professorship, which was a civil-service position. although it recognized the importance of her work, the position still provided no salary. noether was not paid for her lectures until she was appointed to the special position of "lehrbeauftragte für algebra" a year later.