Landing a tenure-track job is arguably still the coveted grand prize in academe. It’s understandably a big deal: an institution puts it in writing that a person has a job for life. As long as the ...

A tenured job remains the coveted prize in academe. That leads us to some questions: (1) How are institutions making solid choices when it comes to whom they grant tenure and promote? and (2) How ...

A promotion occurs when there is an increase in supervisory responsibilities, an increase in responsibilities and salary and/or an upgrade in title. A redistribution of work at the same level within a ...

URBANA — Candidates for promotion and tenure at the University of Illinois will have to submit a one-page summary of their on-the-job contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion come fall 2025.

To what degree are gaps in an associate professor’s record to blame for an unsuccessful promotion? Or were there other factors that affected or even biased the outcome? We are leading a long-term ...

Deans conduct election of college tenure committee members and Faculty/Academic Senate from tenure committees by 3/1 with first meeting to be held no later than 9/15 ...

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