Tenure: permanence and change. (academic tenure)

From: Change | Date: May 1, 1996| Author: Yarmolinsky, Adam | Copyright information

The traditional concept of academic tenure may need to be redefined due to the changing demands of modern institutions of higher learning. Faculty unionization has become a new reality at many colleges and universities where the subject of tenure has come under closer scrutiny.

In any complex organization, tenure is, first, a fact of life. Everyone in the organization has some kind of tenure (albeit increasingly fragile these days), if only because letting anyone go has negative ef...

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