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  2. Academic tenure - Wikipedia

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    Tenure is a type of academic appointment that protects its holder from being fired or laid off except for cause, or under extraordinary circumstances such as financial exigency or program discontinuation. Academic tenure originated in the United States in the early 20th

  3. Academic tenure in North America - Wikipedia

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    Under the tenure systems adopted by many universities and colleges in the United States and Canada, some faculty positions have tenure and some do not. Typical systems (such as the widely adopted "1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure" of the American Association of University Professors [5]) allow only a limited period to establish a record of published research, ability ...

  4. Academic ranks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, Assistant Professor has been the usual entry-level rank for faculty on the "tenure track", although this depends on the institution and the field.Then, promotion to the rank of Associate Professor and later Professor (informally, "Full Professor") indicates that significant work has been done in research, teaching and institutional service.

  5. Fixed deposit - Wikipedia

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    The tenure of an FD can vary from 7, 15 or 45 days to 1.5 years and can be as high as 10 years. [2] In India these investments can be safer than Post Office Schemes as they are covered by the Indian Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC). However, DICGC guarantees amount up to ₹ 500000 (about $6850) per depositor per bank. [3]

  6. Life tenure - Wikipedia

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    A life tenure or service during good behaviour [1] is a term of office that lasts for the office holder's lifetime, unless the office holder is removed from office for cause under misbehaving in office, extraordinary circumstances or decides personally to resign. [2] Some judges and members of upper chambers (e.g., senators for life) have life ...

  7. Land tenure - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine of tenure did not apply to personalty (personal property). However, the relationship of bailment in the case of chattels closely resembles the landlord-tenant relationship that can be created in land. Secure land-tenure also recognizes one's legal residential status in urban areas and it is a key characteristic in slums. Slum ...

  8. FEMA employee fired for telling aid workers to avoid homes ...

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    The employee, who was not named, was fired from her position, Administrator Deanne Criswell said in a post to social media on Saturday.

  9. Security of tenure - Wikipedia

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    Security of tenure is a term with multiple meanings according to jurisdiction. In Australia , it is used in political science to describe a constitutional or legal guarantee that a political office-holder cannot be removed from office except in exceptional and specified circumstances.