Questions tagged [non-tenure]
Non-Tenure are full-time faculty positions that are called by a variety of names at different universities so you might see them advertised as non-tenure track, fixed term, limited term or contract positions and they carry the academic rank of lecturer, instructor or, occasionally, visiting assistant professor.
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When do most non-tenure track teaching positions appear in the job market
I am a math PhD student in Mathematics in the United States, graduating this Spring. I am only seeking non-research positions because I like teaching more than research.
I have been looking at the ...
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Would several years of appointment as a lecturer hurt you when you decide to go for a tenure-track position later on?
Academic jobs are always on a state of high-demand, more people seeking positions than there are the latter. I am an international worker in the US searching for a university position. Currently in my ...
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What are the platforms to monitor for academic job search (Tenure Track/ Long-Term Positions) in the Sciences? [closed]
Apart from common websites, like Chronicle of Higher Education or Higher Ed Jobs, what are other platforms where academic positions are posted?
I recently missed out on some opportunities by not being ...
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How difficult is it to switch from non-tenure to tenure track in Japan?
There’s an opening for assistant and associate professorship in non-tenure track of maximum of 5 years. I’m currently living in Europe and my Japanese is basic level.
I was wondering how difficult it ...
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The Title of Adjunct Professors in the UC System
When I was recently looking for academic positions in the US, I noticed that the actual titles of many assistant and associate professors in the University of California system are "adjunct ...
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Tenure track position in teaching university versus non-tenure position position in an R1 school
I am early to mid-career academic in the field of business. Leaving a tenure-track job, I am currently considering two different offers with very different pros and cons. While I do not consider this ...
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Academic job market: applying for an associate or full professor position if I am not an assistant professor?
What does it mean when the posting says they are looking for an associate or full professor? Does this mean that only people that are currently in tenure-track positions will be considered? Would the ...
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Are there non-tenure track positions in math/statistics depts that combine teaching and core facility responsibilities (statistics consulting)? [closed]
I'm working through an MS in Statistics and considering career paths and curious if a specific career path exists in academia. I would like to work in an academic statistics core and provide support ...
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Composition of academic faculty over time: Fixed-term/freelancer vs regular/tenured
A friend of mine, who's still in academia but not in academia-studies, asked me for help in understanding the prevalence of non-regular employment of faculty in universities over time. It's been a ...
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Does tenure generally account for extended research in a different field?
I am a working professional in India looking towards a career in research and thus interested in academia. However, apart from having a definite field of interest that motivates my direction in ...
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Job Advice for Pursuing a Tenure-Track Position in the U.S. (Postdoc in the U.S., Teaching-track/lecturer in the U.S., Tenure-track abroad)
Among a tenure-track job in Asia, a teaching track in the U.S., and a postdoc in the U.S., I wonder which options would be better to pursue a tenure-track job in the U.S. eventually?
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Job Application - Non-Tenure Track and Tenure Track in One Ad
I am working on an application for a job ad that lists available tenure-track and non-tenure track jobs in the same ad. I would want (and am qualified for) either position, but there are, of course, ...
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Non-tenured to tenured track? [closed]
Our faculty voted last year to allow any teaching faculty member to request going from being non-tenured to tenured. Our dean has now denied this request. Are there other universities offering this ...
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Career advice: How to move on in academia after a negative PhD experience?
I am post-PhD and I am really struggling with the job search phase of my career. My PhD took me almost a decade to finish, with time off, because after successfully completing all of the requirements ...
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Who might lose a job in academia due to covid19? [closed]
With covid19 continues to spread, this might affect the universities in the next semesters as the number of students might drop and many universities are offering cheap online degrees compared with ...
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How to deal with guilt turning down non-tenure track faculty offer at current institution?
I recognize my questions have some overlap with this one and this one. I feel those are largely talking about different things, though.
I am in a situation where I have been offered a non-tenure ...
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Can we put some documents which are not listed as required documents for jobs
I am going to apply for non-tenure tack academic position and I have already prepared all documents. They did not list Cover Letter as a required document. I would like to know whether it is necessary ...
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Assistant Research Professor in a prestigious university or a tenure-track assistant professor in an R2 institute? [closed]
I'm debating over two positions to choose from. One is an Assistant Research Professor (fixed term, huge potentiality to be continued for at least another year or so) in a prestigious university. And, ...
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In Love With My Field...Luke Warm About Academia [closed]
I'm currently facing an existential crisis of sorts with my choice to pursue my academic passions while navigating the demands of an academic system that I don't feel ever catered to what I wanted and ...
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Academic progression in Germany, what happens after a postdoc? What is the next step?
As a follow-up to this question, I am wondering whether or not there are intermediate positions between a postdoc and a tenure in the German academic system.
I was told that there isn't really a ...
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Can one acquire "tenure" through teaching or being something like a Research Associate at a university lab?
This question is specific to the United States.
Can one acquire something like "tenure" if either
(1) their primary / only responsibility is teaching undergraduate courses
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Request to move-up interview
This may be the wrong place for this question, but the format here is better. Please advise of a better website if I'm totally off base for this site.
My situation: I hold a Masters of Accountancy ...
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Is it okay to break a contract for a teaching position to get a job outside of academia?
I have another year in my contract as a visiting assistant professor. However, it is possible that I might be recruited for a non-academic position before the end of the next academic year.
Would it ...
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What can be done about the problem of bullying in post-PhD academia? [closed]
I recently wrote a piece of advice to a bullied postdoc that made me sad.
Abbreviated, original here,
"It is unlikely you can fight this culture, and academic settings have
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How is the career path of a full-time Research Associate different from that of a tenure-track / full-time professor?
Recently, I saw that a post-doc, "assistant professor", converted to become a full-time Research Associate at their school, moving all of their online content out of the department faculty page and ...
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How to understand if it's the moment to become a team leader?
I am finishing my first postdoc in computer science, and I have to make a decision about what I want to do next.
I have basically two options:
Try to get a new position as a senior postdoc or junior ...
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In US universities, are the sport coaches typically considered tenured professors?
The title says it all. In many universities you see coaches for a team in some popular sport hanging around for many decades. I was wondering if in general those people had a status of tenured ...
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Romance between tenured and pre-tenure faculty? Ramifications for disclosure? [closed]
I'm an assistant prof in humanities at a small school, just finishing my second year in a new position, and I've developed romantic feelings for a tenured faculty member (Dr X). We are both unmarried, ...
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Take non-tenure track position or wait? [closed]
I am currently considering offers for non-tenure track teaching-oriented positions (full-time, multi-year contracts) and wanted to get advice on whether to take the offer now, or wait another cycle to ...
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Are all permanent positions "tenure-track"? [closed]
I was offered a permanent position as a "senior researcher" in Europe without teaching responsibilities. As some of you may know, the term "tenure" is getting more and more popular in Europe.
"Can ...
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Is a "lecturer" position sufficient for a career and not a temporary position? Can it ever be useful if not intended as permanent?
I am a visiting assistant professor at a selective liberal arts school for psychology, first year post-grad. I have five publications but probably won't get any offers for tenure track positions ...
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Is it realistic to prefer a non-tenure-track research position?
I am a PhD student in a biomedical field in the United States. After seeing professors' Google calendars and figures like this (link) about how limited the time tenure-track faculty get to spend on ...
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I am non-tenured and have been offered a tenure-track position at my current university, but I don't want to stay here long term. What should I do?
I work at a midwestern university in a very small department in a specialised field in the Humanities. I've been working here as a non-tenure track assistant professor, and have been offered a TT ...
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Why are tenure-track professors hired on the basis of their research when they spend most of their time teaching?
I was just looking at a different post that cites National Center for Educational Statistics about how professors of all levels spend their time. I am actually doing some research on faculty hiring ...
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Are (academic) job chances improved by extra-academic activities (Podcast, Popular Science Books)?
This might be a really silly question, but I am wondering whether the chances to land an academic position can be improved by extra-academic activities. Say, people who are famous in their fields, but ...
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Do tenured faculty get to micromanage clinical professors and other non-tenured instructors with respect to the classroom?
Do tenured faculty get to micromanage clinical professors and other non-tenured instructors with respect to the classroom?
Shouldn't clinical professors be allowed control of their own classrooms and ...
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What are some side jobs with which a mathematician in a postdoc or non-tenure-track position can make ends meet?
Like many others, I did not get a tenure-track position right out of grad school. I have been moving from university to university across the US for the past few years, sometimes in the capacity of a ...
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Should I apply for a position which I previously applied and had an initial interview?
I am on the job market again, in Mathematics. I see a few job postings for positions which I applied for last year, and I had an initial interview for, but no second or campus interview. These were ...
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How common is it to switch to a tenure-track position from a non-tenure-track position in the same institution?
I am looking for answers from the perspective of U.S. institutions. At some institutions (e.g., mine), a faculty member is allowed to switch tracks at the institution once in their career at that ...
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How often are lectureship positions just for one year?
I am an adjunct instructor in English. I do not have a PhD and don't actually want one. What I really want is a full-time lectureship that would offer job stability. However, I was recently told that ...
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Breaking into research oriented tenure-track positions from teaching track
I received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 in the USA and then had a brief stint as a "teaching assistant professor" for one year at my alma mater. I moved then to a post-doc position in ...
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In US, is it possible to have a non-tenure position for the whole career
As it is very competitive to have tenure, I wonder if there is any case that someone holds a non-tenure position (e.g. associate professor) until the end of his/her career, i.e. until the retirement. ...
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Impact of holding non-TT positions on potential for a TT position
Is there any (negative) effect of prior holding of one or more non-tenure-track (TT) positions on the potential of being hired (and promoted) at a TT position at a university (mostly interested in US)?...
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How does job security in academic untenured soft money positions compare with job security in industry?
With tenured hard-money positions being increasingly competitive, some researchers spend their entire career on soft money untenured positions. To me, it would seem quite bad to never know more than ...
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Accepting organizing duties in a year...but waiting for a new position
This question is strongly linked to a previous question of mine:
Tenured position to be started very soon…what to do with the old affiliation
Roughly speaking, my situation is the following: I am a ...
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Tenure vs nontenure jobs
I'm trying to understand an excerpt from a New Yorker article about the mathematician Yitang Zhang. The excerpt is included at the bottom. If possible, please help clarify Yang's point about tenure ...
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Course load expectations for teaching track and how to negotiate for courses
I am a new lecturer (non-tenure track) at an American engineering university (lecturer=teaching track professor, in my case). I am on a 9 month rolling contract and am contracted to work between Sep-...
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What are some effective ways for someone without a graduate degree to increase their chances of getting hired as a lecturer?
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I am graduating from a Bachelor's degree (Computer Science) at the end of the year from a fairly large Australian university (top50 world). I am keen for a lecturing role (only teaching) at ...
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Is it possible to get back into academic research after being dropped due to funding problems from 6 year postdoc?
Due to funding issues, I was dropped as a postdoctoral researcher with a 2 week notice. Due to seniority (6+ years) and funding climate it has been exceedingly hard to find a position within academia ...
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What is a non-tenure-track assistant professor position in the USA and is it harmful?
I see some offers on the Chronicle jobs website (such as this one from UC San Diego) for non-tenure-track assistant professor positions.
Is the work of a non-tenure-track assistant professor exactly ...
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