Understanding How Tenure Decisions Are Made

Some negative promotion and tenure decisions seem predetermined the moment a newly hired scholar signs a job contract. Chalk it up to a bad institutional match: The job candidate chose the college for the wrong reasons, rejecting another that would have better suited his or her talents. Other negative decisions can be traced to institutional and research variables that many candidates overlook. Full Story »

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Contrasts expectations and reality in the academic community. Gives a good explaination of the reality.

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