Questions tagged [tenure-track]
A job classification for faculty jobs, indicating that someone is eligible for a permanent position ("tenure") should he or she meet certain expectations by the time of the evaluation ("tenure review").
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Is the "Akademischer Rat auf Zeit" (offered in Germany) equivalent to a postdoc or to an Assistant Professor?
Once I asked about the exact translation of a job title offered at a German University, and related to a 6 year long position, generally called as "habilitationsstelle", the reply was ...
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Is the German 6-year long position of "researcher for habilitation" (called "Habilitationsstelle") a senior or junior position?
I am trying to understand if a 6-year long position of "researcher for habilitation" (called "Habilitationsstelle"), and that is offered in German universities, would be a junior ...
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Advice on finding good research questions
I'm a relatively newly-minted PhD (in math, algebraic geometry specifically, if that matters) approaching the end of their first year in a TT position at a smaller teaching-focused state school.
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How a tenure-track candidate should/may answer the question "How do you view your role in the faculty development process?"
Faculty members (often!) gradually develop from inexperienced rookies to experienced scholars. In my view, the impact of a faculty member on the development of other faculty members is practically ...
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Green card sponsorship policies and timeline for tenure track faculty
I would like to find out about "industry standards" for when, and on what timeline, US universities will sponsor applications for permanent residency (aka green card) for new tenure-track ...
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Tenure positions competitiveness among schools
Below can be categorized under career questions.
I am currently a 2nd year PhD student studying PDE at a big state University. I am extremely stressed by the competitiveness in academic careers ...
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How to tell your preferred university that you received another offer? and What type of reply will you get if you are a top candidate? [duplicate]
What is the best way to inform my preferred university that I got another offer?
What type of reply I can expect iff I am a top candidate?
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Assistant professor (tenure track) netherlands [duplicate]
How long, it usually takes to hear back after the campus visit for assistant professor position in Netherlands?
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Backing out of TT offer from a PUI for a R2 University? [duplicate]
Consider the Scenario:
A person accepted an offer from a PUI university (Tenure track). After 2 weeks, got an opportunity from an R2 university.
I would like to hear your opinion about this situation. ...
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How do you interpret the message I received from the chair of search committee? [closed]
I recently attended a campus interview for a tenure-track faculty position. I think it did not go too bad overall. As soon as I came back I sent thank-you notes to which I got generally positive ...
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Is it appropriate to ask an interviewing institution to reimburse nonrefundable hotel costs after flight cancellation?
I have an interview scheduled for tomorrow for a faculty position. However, today my flight got canceled. I tried to get another flight today, but unfortunately I could not.
I informed the university ...
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What does it mean upon budgetary approval?
I was going through one advertisement for the Tenure track position. The job advertisement has written something like this: What does it mean?
Effective Date of Appointment: August 23, 2023 (Subject ...
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What is the normal timeline between verbal offer and written offer? [closed]
So I was offered a tenure track verbally. I am going to accept this offer next week verbally. Because I asked for a week to think about this.
So I was wondering how long it can take to get the written ...
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What are the consequences of backing out a tenure track position?
This position is at an undergrad university (tenure track).
Can I backout after accepting the offer for a research-based university (graduate R2 university)?
What are the consequences of backing out a ...
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How long for notice after first round interview tenure-track
I applied for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the US, was selected as a semi-finalist and had my first round of interview. The next step is that they will choose around three finalists ...
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Should I (and, if so, how) signal refused offers to a tenure committee?
Within one year I will be up for tenure evaluation, after a "standard" 6-year tenure track. I have held the position of assistant professor and, if given tenure, I will hold the position of ...
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Permanent positions in academia: Switzerland and Austria vs Germany
I just finished my PhD in physics in Germany. I've seen that there it is difficult to find a fixed position. These are mostly only professorships which are obtained normally at the age of 40-50. That ...
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Any significant differences between tenure track interviews between Canada and the US
I've been invited to a zoom interview at UBC, Canada, for a tenure track job in physics. I'm more or less familiar with the US academic system and how either the phone/zoom interviews or campus visits ...
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Is it common for the head of a department to be able to reduce a tenured professor's salary to 0?
I'm referring to an incident at Purdue. The head of the Purdue math department tried to pressure an older tenured faculty member to leave by setting his salary to 0 (among other things).
I actually ...
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Are informational interviews helpful in academia?
I'm not yet on the tenure track, but would like to be. Over my 8 years of contract work at the faculty level, I've racked up a lot of accomplishments (research, teaching, collaborations, mentorship) ...
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Furlough at university's contract for tenure-track position?
I received my contract for a tenure-track position at a state university in Texas. The contract contains the following: “It is understood that if due to financial necessity, the university implements ...
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Are decision making processes for a tenure-track position totally transparent to all members of its search committee?
Assume a North American STEM-based tenure-track position to which a search committee, including a couple of faculty members and the chair of their department, corresponds.
Regarding decisions to be ...
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Do faculties look at h-index including or excluding self-citations?
At the early stage of an academic career, it can be that the researcher's h-index is largely driven by self-citations. It is the case for me at the 1st year postdoc stage. I've got a few peer-reviewed ...
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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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Figure of merit for scientific performance?
It is becoming increasingly important to keep track of performance, do scientists have a good figure of merit to measure their performance?
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"The tenure-track professor plans to carry out X publications." So, what could X be here?
I signed a contract for a 6-year tenure-track professorship in a European University a few weeks ago.
Recently, I received an Agreement document between me and the University, whose main objective is ...
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Will it look bad if I (tenured faculty) apply for a position at a different R1, a year after moving to my current R1?
I am a tenured professor. I recently moved to a new R1 university (less than a year) but always had a different school as my dream university. How odd is it to apply to another university given that I ...
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Strategies for postdoc/tenure-track reference letter requests
Each individual seeking academic positions has to go through applications several times during each year they are applying. In Math the average might be around a hundred positions and this process is ...
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Are tenure-denying decisions public?
Following this question it is natural to ask a basic question:
Assuming a tenure-track faculty member in the US or Canada was denied tenure after their case has been submitted to the University. Is ...
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How much does being denied tenure damage your career?
I had this conversation with a friend recently (who's a tenure-track professor). He says although he's currently in a well-paid, highly desirable job, he is skeptical about his future because he's got ...
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TT summer salary withheld despite prior commitment [closed]
I'm a tenure-track faculty at an R1 university with a standard 9-mo appointment. At the end of July, I have decided to move to another tenure-track position at another R1 university (for personal ...
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Is it appropriate to apply for an assistant professor job in the same department where I just started my postdoc?
I started my second postdoc at a European university this month and found that my department has a job posting for hiring an assistant professor with a tenure track. It matches my profile and I really ...
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Can I still decline an accepted counter offer before signing a contract?
I am currently in a tenure-track assistant professor (AP) position. About one month ago, I got an AP position offer from a better ranked university, with a good startup package. When I informed my ...
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Research statement: separate bibliographies for your own publications and the rest of the literature?
When writing a research statement, is it a good idea to create two reference lists: one exclusively for your own work and one for the rest of the relevant literature that you may want to cite?
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How to secure a faculty job at a university when the hiring committee doesn't like you for personal reasons?
I applied for an tenure-track assistant professor job at my Alma mater but got rejected. One of the professors on the searching committee later told me that I am more qualified for the job than the ...
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Faculty transition between two universities [closed]
I am moving to another university (US-Engineering) and have a few active proposals in my current institution. It seems I cannot move a part of these proposals. I was wondering if I still can use the ...
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How to use Altmetric when drafting an application for tenure-track promotion?
My university is a signatory of the DORA declaration which recognizes the need to improve the ways in which researchers and the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated (beyond Journal Impact ...
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How do I move a research group post-tenure?
I need to work in a safer state or country, and would prefer to remain in academia. I run a healthy ~1mil/year research group, and I want to take the willing part of my team with me (not all will be ...
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Edited volume (humanities) for tenure? [closed]
Does publishing an edited volume count for tenure (humanities)? And if so, does it count if you are 1st or 2nd editor in the same way?
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How much is the freedom of research after tenure? [closed]
Is this true?
Also, are there any obligations about the minimum amount of research papers you should produce
(say every year) after being tenured?
What if a tenured professor does not produce a paper ...
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Delaying TT position to finish postdoc? [duplicate]
I am trying to decide if negotiating to delay the start of a TT position in order to complete the 2nd year (out of 2) of my current postdoc is a good idea. I am mostly interested to hear your thoughts ...
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PhD student pressured to fabricate data due to bad experiment design
Summary: It took me 3 years to analyze data from one sample (n=1) whereas correct way to perform experiment would be with n>=3. Now my job and funding are in question, since I don't have more time. ...
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Faculty job negotiation - dual career and salary [closed]
I received a phone call from the department chair informing me that they are willing to give me an offer. Then, he sent me the startup sheet and asked me to send them my comments. This sheet contains ...
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US Assistant Prof salary negotiation with counter offer before going up for tenure
I'm an assistant prof. in a public US university. I have to go up for tenure this year. The department I'm in is somewhat mismanaged, with lots of politics and favoritism. Many have left the ...
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Academic Programme of Work for the next 3-5 years
I have an interview for an academic position, and I have been asked to prepare a programme of work for the next 3-5 years. I have googled but I am not certain what sections should this report include. ...
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Is it exploitative that an institution offered me associate professor when I am qualified for full (and have been full at a previous institution)? [closed]
I am an international academic having received my degrees in 4 different countries.
I began my career in a highly prestigious position in industry, but thoroughly enjoyed research so made a move into ...
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TT job ad re-posted after I had a fly out - implications? [closed]
I had a second interview for one US college 3 weeks ago and for another 2 weeks ago. The interviewers said they would be getting back to me in 2-4 weeks, depending on how things went internally. I ...
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When and how to leave a faculty position for a new department/university or industry
Summary: I am a successful tenure-track assistant professor, but want to move to another department/institute or industry
I’m an assistant professor about halfway through my tenure clock at one of ...
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Do teaching-only faculties get tenures? [closed]
As far as I understand, there are two types of faculties in the universities/colleges:
Research + teaching faculties
Teaching-only faculties
Do teaching-only faculties get tenures (i.e. permanent ...
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What to do if "fake students" attending the teaching demo of a tenure-track interview do not react to planned active learning techniques of the demo?
I am reading about the importance of the exhibition of active-learning techniques in the course of teaching demonstrations of tenure-track interviews. This paper frequently stresses on the usage of ...
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