Assistant professors should normally be considered for tenure at the beginning of their sixth year. This requires that tenure packages be completed and submitted at the end of their fifth year.

Earning tenure is a multiyear process, and if you are just starting your faculty career, you will want to learn how the review, tenure and promotion, or RTP, process works on your campus. There are ...

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Male professors have continued to outnumber female full professors at the University. While the percentage of female ...

From my own experiences as a faculty member at seven colleges, and from the hundreds of informants I have for this column, I can attest that tenure criteria differ widely. So does how specifically ...

Tenure is a fundamental pillar that supports and protects RIT faculty members' freedom of inquiry and expression in teaching and scholarship, conferring the right of self-direction for faculty members ...

For many scholars, permanent employment is the light at the end of a years-long tunnel. Here, Henry Reichman explains the US tenure system and why it is key to protecting academic freedom Still, if in ...

The best thing you can do for your tenure packet is make it as impressive in design as in content. The packet you assemble to support your case for promotion and tenure is more about substance than ...

(Washington, D.C.) – A new research report released today by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found during the past nearly 40 years the median tenure of all wage and salary workers ages 25 ...