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  2. 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.

  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. Assistant professor - Wikipedia

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    A typical professorship sequence is assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor in order. After seven years, if successful, assistant professors can get tenure and also get promotion to associate professor. [5] There is high demand for vacant tenure-track assistant professor positions, often with hundreds of applicants.

  5. Academic tenure - Wikipedia

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    The way it is supposed to work is that incompetent professors do not get tenure in the first place. The rebuttal is 'but they do, therefore tenure is a bad idea.' But that is like arguing that because you ran a red light and caused a train wreck, driving is a bad idea." [24]

  6. Why tenure is so important — yet rare — for Black professors

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  7. List of academic ranks - Wikipedia

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    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 promotion usually requires a higher-level post to be vacated.

  8. Wesleyan faculty: University can afford to give tenure to ...

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    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 ...

  9. White professor files lawsuit against Penn State for ... - AOL

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    A white former assistant teaching professor has filed a lawsuit against Penn State, alleging the university racially discriminated and retaliated against him until his resignation in August 2022.