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“Extreme Inequality” Entrenched in Academic Hiring: Study
The United States gets roughly an eighth of its tenure-track professors from just five institutions, according to an analysis of nearly 300,000 faculty.
“Extreme Inequality” Entrenched in Academic Hiring: Study
“Extreme Inequality” Entrenched in Academic Hiring: Study

The United States gets roughly an eighth of its tenure-track professors from just five institutions, according to an analysis of nearly 300,000 faculty.

The United States gets roughly an eighth of its tenure-track professors from just five institutions, according to an analysis of nearly 300,000 faculty.

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New Initiative Incentivizes Open Research
Andy Carstens | Jun 3, 2022 | 6 min read
A large coalition of colleges and universities aims to change hiring, promotion, and tenure practices to reward collaboration.
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Florida Faculty Await Details on New Tenure Law
Natalia Mesa, PhD | May 4, 2022 | 4 min read
Professors in the Sunshine State may soon face an additional tenure review process under the bill, but not much is yet known about how it will change tenure retention.
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Hawai‘i Legislature Terminates Tenured Professor’s Position
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Jul 21, 2021 | 3 min read
Thanks to administrative shuffling, professor Carl-Wilhelm Vogel remains employed at the University of Hawai‘i despite the removal of his position in the new state budget, but the university’s faculty union says lawmakers might have crossed a legal line.
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Hawaii Legislature Moves to Terminate Tenured Professor
Lisa Winter | Jun 15, 2021 | 2 min read
Carl-Wilhelm Vogel could lose his position at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center if the currently proposed state budget is signed by Governor David Ige.
#MeTooSTEM Founder BethAnn McLaughlin Has Left Vanderbilt
Ashley P. Taylor | Jul 10, 2019 | 2 min read
Her departure follows her denial of tenure.
Max Planck Society Seeks to Keep More Women as Faculty
Katarina Zimmer | Dec 6, 2017 | 2 min read
The German research institution will invest more than $35 million in creating tenure-track positions for female scientists. 
Tenure Under Attack in Two More States
Joshua A. Krisch | Jan 16, 2017 | 2 min read
Proposed legislation would eliminate academic tenure at public universities in Iowa and Missouri, echoing a move that has already gutted such permanent posts in Wisconsin.
AAUP Champion Dies
Jef Akst | Jan 26, 2016 | 1 min read
Jordan Kurland, associate general secretary of the American Association of University Professors, has passed away at age 87. 
Assessing Research Productivity
Donna S. Gibson, Craig B. Thompson, and Ushma S. Neill | Jan 1, 2015 | 4 min read
A new way of evaluating academics’ research output using easily obtained data
Impact Forecasts Cloudy
Abby Olena, PhD | Oct 31, 2013 | 2 min read
Current models do a poor job of predicting the impact individual scientists will have, according to a study.
Off the Track
Erin Weeks | Sep 9, 2013 | 2 min read
An eight-year study finds freshman benefit more from adjunct-taught classes than those led by faculty in the tenure system.
Opinion: Making Room for Rising Stars
Brad Fenwick | Sep 3, 2013 | 4 min read
Dealing with the delicate matter of retirement for aging academics
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