Academic tenure

Academic freedom and tenure: introduction

This Theme Section consists of 11 essays aiming to explore diverse issues related to academic freedom and tenure, presenting the views and thoughts of 15 scholars from different disciplines. Historical, legal, theoretical, philosophical, political and educational aspects of academic freedom and tenure are addressed; the decline in productivity of tenured faculty is questioned; and the effect of...

Academic tenure: what does it mean?

Tenure is an integral aspect of academia. Because tenured faculty give esteem to individual physical therapy programs and to the profession as a whole, understanding the process of attaining tenure is vital to all physical therapy educators. Tenure in universities is described, and the process of attaining tenure is outlined. Criteria for tenure, factors related to transfer of faculty between u...

Is tenure justified? An experimental study of faculty beliefs about tenure, promotion, and academic freedom.

The behavioral sciences have come under attack for writings and speech that affront sensitivities. At such times, academic freedom and tenure are invoked to forestall efforts to censure and terminate jobs. We review the history and controversy surrounding academic freedom and tenure, and explore their meaning across different fields, at different institutions, and at different ranks. In a multi...

Tenure and Promotion Experiences of Academic Librarians of Color

DAVID C . WEBER ' ' Tenure ' ' for Librarians in Academic Institutions

THE woRD "TENURE" is used by some academic libraries in the same sense in which it is applied to faculty appointments of professorial rank. A considerable number of directors of other academic libraries would follow the spirit of faculty tenure but would apply the term in a special way to the appointments of librarians. What is the basis for this special meaning of tenure in the case of librari...