tenure-track
Professor's proving period
Tenure-track describes academic positions that can lead to tenure—permanent employment with strong job protections.
A tenure-track professor typically has six or seven years to demonstrate research and teaching excellence before being evaluated for tenure.
The term distinguishes these positions from adjunct or visiting appointments, which offer no path to permanent status: She landed a tenure-track job at a research university.
Senior academic post
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- up-or-outMandatory advancement policy
- hiringGiving someone work
Works issued to readers
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- NSFInadequate balance indicator
- labResearch facility, shortened
postdocs · collaborations · conferences · monograph · productivity · citations · fieldwork · data
File of personal information
- collegialityRespectful cooperation among peers
- reappointmentRestoration to a position
- appealFormal review request
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
Formal instructional talks
- seminarsStructured educational discussions
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- syllabusCourse plan document
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
pedagogy · advising · mentorship · enrollment · grading · TAs · classroom
Resistance to displacement
Proactive community assistance
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
professorship
Senior academic post
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- up-or-outMandatory advancement policy
hiring · offer · negotiation · retention
publications
Works issued to readers
lab · postdocs · collaborations · conferences · monograph · productivity · citations · fieldwork · data · methodology
dossier
File of personal information
- collegialityRespectful cooperation among peers
- reappointmentRestoration to a position
- appealFormal review request
lectures
Formal instructional talks
- seminarsStructured educational discussions
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- syllabusCourse plan document
curriculum · pedagogy · advising · mentorship · enrollment · grading · TAs · classroom
stability
Resistance to displacement
outreach
Proactive community assistance
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
tenure-trackadjunct
Subordinate addition to something
contingent · temporary · visiting · contract · at-will
tenure-trackadjunct faculty
Non-permanent university instructor
adjunct professor · visiting professor · lecturer · instructor · postdoc
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