Topic: Hiring, promotion, and tenure
The Tenure Blues
Is the institution of tenure supportable? No, but not for the reasons you may think. Routine complaints about iron-clad job security and […]
READ MOREWhy Tenure Has No Future
Academic tenure as we have known has become largely irrelevant but is so unpopular that it does serious harm to the professoriate […]
READ MOREThe case for tenure
What is it about tenure that gets some people so upset? That it grants certain employees a security not available to others? […]
READ MORESeeking tenure? How junior scholars should navigate troubled departmental waters
Universities most often respond to junior faculty members’ concerns about tenure and the tenure process with workshops offering tips and strategies for how to conduct their work lives optimally pre-tenure and how to prepare the best case for winning tenure. While these workshops are helpful, they assume a basic meritocratic structure, uniformity of objectivity, and fairness across departments, an assumption that is more myth than reality.
READ MOREEnvironmentalism and the Responsibility of Academia
Scientists, especially those in academia, have played an enormous role in the modern environmental movement. From Rachel Carson, Paul Ehrlich and Margaret […]
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