Tenure is a guarantee of permanent employment, typically as a professor, achieved after a certain time in a “tenure track”
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Can someone please point me to a website where academics discuss tenure related issues? [closed]
I recall seeing a website where professors could post questions and answers about tenure related answers. what is this website again?
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Is it easier to get a tenure track position if you specialize in applied math as opposed to pure math? [closed]
I am considering doing a PhD in either pure or applied mathematics. Ultimately my goal is to secure a tenure track position. However, I am not sure whether to specialize in pure or applied math. It ...
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What percentage of phds in math actually get a tenure track academic job?
I'm interested in knowing what percentage of math phds actually succeed in landing a tenure track academic job?
Also, does a phd from AMS Group 1 guarantees you an academic job in top universities? ...
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What is the advantage of becoming a full professor if you already have tenure as an associate professor?
What is the advantage of becoming a full professor if you are already an associate professor with tenure? Why not just stay an associate professor for life? What is the key difference between an ...
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What lessons have you learned over the years as a TENURED FULL Professor that you wish somebody had told you when you started as an Assistant Prof?
As a Tenured Full Professor and given your long experience in Academia, what valuable lessons have you learned over the years that you wish somebody had shared with you earlier when you started as an ...
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Should non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty be permitted to vote on tenure-track hires?
My department has several non-tenured/non-tenure-track faculty in teaching-only positions. My department is also hiring at the tenure-track level this year and these non-tenured faculty are taking an ...
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If tenured staff are virtually unsackable, why is the drive to find funding so strong?
Tenured staff are virtually impossible to fire, why is the urge to find funding so strong? For post-docs and other untentured scientific staff I can understand, for their job depends on it. For a ...
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During an application/interview should an applicant justify leaving a current faculty position (pre-tenure)?
I have been in a tenure-track position for 3 years and am going back on the job market. Would I be expected to "explain" why I am leaving, especially when it is pre-tenure? I suspect that a search ...
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How to introduce myself briefly in a get together for new faculty members?
For the new faculty orientation, there is a get together where they will ask every new faculty member of all departments to say a few words about him/her self.
What are the best practices regarding ...
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How does shifting of jobs affect designation and tenure in academia?
I would like to know how job transfer of faculty members affects their designation. Will they retain their designation (Prof/Assoc/Asst.) in the new institution?
Similarly if a faculty member faces ...
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What does “tenure” mean?
I often find academics with tenured bracketed beside their position. What is meant by a tenured position? Is this different from a permanent teaching position?
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What to do after being denied tenure?
What do you do if after 6 years of being an assistant professor, you come up for, and are denied tenure?
How hard is it to get a job in industry, when you are middle aged and have no relevant work ...
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What is the likelihood of getting tenure?
What fraction of new assistant professors end up receiving tenure at the institution that they started at? This of course varies by field and rank, so please include the area and range of ranks you ...
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What can I do as a graduate student to maximize my chances of obtaining a professorship?
I've already completed my first grueling year of the PhD program, and graduation is still a yet to be seen light at the end of the tunnel. I'm very sure that academia is for me, and I really want to ...
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Do tenure reviews in U.S. universities usually consider the number of PhD students that a professor successfully graduates?
When it comes to the tenure review process, someone puts it like the way it's put below:
The tenure review process is designed to determine whether someone has
"the ability to do their job." The ...
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How do universities deal with loss in productivity post tenure?
A tenure from a good university is generally considered to be the pinnacle of academic achievements. It is packed with so many benefits that it is easy to lose direction in one's research career post ...
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What percent of assistant professors generally receive tenure, and how does this percent vary depending on both school and field?
Are new assistant professors more likely to receive tenure in an expanding field, like biology? And are they less likely (percentage-wise) to receive tenure at elite schools?
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In practice, how secure is a tenured position in the US?
Coming from France, where any official academic position (i.e. ass. professor or full professor, or equivalent positions at public research institutes) is a civil-servant one, and therefore ...
