In a Feb. 4 interview with the Associated Press, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee revived a contentious debate in academia by calling for a reassessment of the tenure process at research ...

Of all the things a university professor can achieve in their career, few are as desirable as academic tenure. Academic tenure is a system of strong job protections that virtually guarantees a ...

Blake Benson, chair of the Kansas Board of Regents, speaks at a board event on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Regent Alysia Johnston, chair of the Academic Affairs Standing Committee, is pictured to the ...

This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Faculty tenure at UNC System universities and community colleges would end under a new bill filed last week. House Bill 715 would “prospectively ...

I read “Tenure’s Broken Promise” (The Chronicle, March 11) with increasing unease. As usual for this kind of poor reporting, the article presents only one side of the issue. There is no way to refute ...

This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Building a Faculty that Flourishes” available in the Chronicle Store. It’s no secret that tenure has come under attack — not just by ...

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The University of Arkansas System has opened up a comment period for policy revisions regarding academic tenure. System administrators announced Thursday a frequently-asked-questions page on its ...

The University of Hawai‘i’s Board of Regents won’t vote on a sweeping set of proposals limiting who can be tenured or even hired -- for now. This a welcome reprieve for professors across the state, ...

In 2016, all tenure-track faculty members became eligible for tenure after eight years — one year fewer than the previous tenure policy required. Two years after the Faculty of Arts and Sciences ...