The long-standing practice of awarding tenure to faculty members has been viewed by much of the public as a guarantee of lifetime employment for professors. This belief ignores the pervasive practice in American colleges and universities of conducting Post-Tenure Review...
Continue Reading →In an era of eroding legislative support for higher education, the assumed lifetime security of a tenured [caption id="attachment_472" align="alignright" width="300"] Senior professor[/caption] professorship at a college or university is not necessarily secure. Faculty members over the age of 65...
Continue Reading →Post-tenure review has been described as a way for colleges and universities to “separate the wheat from the chaff.” Critics think post-tenure review does more harm than good and has eroded the value of having received an award of tenure....
Continue Reading →Post-tenure review is a process that begins following a specified period of time after the award of tenure has been granted a teaching professional and continues to occur at intervals unless a promotion review takes place. Tenure is described in...
Continue Reading →In the early 1980s a form of post-tenure review for faculty was implemented that goes beyond previous processes. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in 1999 published Post-Tenure Review: An AAUP Response, which offers recommendations to faculty professors whenever...
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