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Academic tenure. 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 century, and several other countries have since adopted it.
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.
Teacher tenure reform (United States) Teacher tenure is a policy that restricts the ability to fire teachers, requiring a "just cause" rationale for firing. [1] The individual states each have established their own tenure systems. [2] Tenure provides teachers with protections by making it difficult to fire teachers who earn tenure.
Limited tenure track positions have recently been introduced. [18] Granting of tenure and promotion to associate professor are not linked; one may be tenured yet remain an assistant professor or promoted to associate professor before being awarded tenure. Because the number of professor and associate professor position is nearly fixed, direct ...
Vergara v. California was a lawsuit in the California state courts which dealt with a child's right to education and to instruction by effective teachers. The suit was filed in May 2012 by lawyers on behalf of nine California public school student plaintiffs. It alleged that several California statutes on teacher tenure, layoffs, and dismissal ...
At Harvard University, the title of University Professor is the institution's most distinguished professorial post, [1] and is conferred upon a select group of 25 tenured faculty members whose scholarship and other professional work have achieved exceptional distinction and influence. [2]
Wesleyan’s AAUP chapter last winter called for the school to extend tenure protections to all adjunct faculty who work full-time hours but do not have a track to the job protection that tenured ...
Although tenure and promotion are usually separate decisions, they are often highly correlated such that a decision to grant a promotion coincides with a decision in favour of tenure, and vice versa. Promotion to associate professor usually results in an increased administrative load and membership on committees that are restricted to tenured ...