untenured
Lacking job security
Untenured describes an academic position without the job security of tenure.
An untenured professor can be dismissed or not renewed, unlike tenured colleagues who have permanent appointments.
The term appears mainly in university contexts: untenured faculty, an untenured assistant professor.
The pressure to publish and perform is especially acute for untenured academics seeking promotion.
Enforceable written agreement
- temporaryLimited in duration
- visitingGoing to see someone
- contingentConditional or representative group
- part-timeLimited work schedule
nonpermanent · provisional · interim · adjunct · freelance · short-term · hourly · casual
Critical written assessment
- probationaryConditional on good performance
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- dossierFile of personal information
publication · committee · reappointment · criteria · performance · feedback · mentorship · productivity
Senior university teacher
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
- facultyInherent power or ability
- researcherOne who studies systematically
instructor · postdoc · scholar · assistant · fellow · educator · lectureship · teaching
Open to attack
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- unstableProne to sudden change
- uncertainNot firmly known
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
precarious · risky · exposed · fragile · tenuous · disposable · expendable · replaceable
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- temporaryLimited in duration
- visitingGoing to see someone
- contingentConditional or representative group
part-time · nonpermanent · provisional · interim · adjunct · freelance · short-term · hourly · casual · at-will
review
Critical written assessment
- probationaryConditional on good performance
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- portfolioCollected works or assets
dossier · publication · committee · reappointment · criteria · performance · feedback · mentorship · productivity · scholarship
professor
Senior university teacher
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
- facultyInherent power or ability
researcher · instructor · postdoc · scholar · assistant · fellow · educator · lectureship · teaching · department
vulnerable
Open to attack
anxious · precarious · risky · exposed · fragile · tenuous · disposable · expendable · replaceable · contingent
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
untenuredtenured
Granted permanent position
permanent · secure · full professor · lifetime appointment · tenure-track
untenuredfull professor
Highest academic rank
tenured professor · endowed chair · distinguished professor · emeritus · associate professor
contain, continue, maintain, tenant, tenacity, tenet, tenure, tenable, tenured