Distinguished Visiting Professor is an academic title bestowed by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 universities on prominent scholars who have been invited to teach a course in their area of expertise for one semester or more to enrolled undergraduate and graduate student

Student

A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...

s.

Distinguished Visiting Professors offer faculty

Faculty (university)

A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas...

and students first-hand insights into a wide array of fields.