The Joyless Quest for Tenure

Autor/in	Perlmutter, David D.
Titel	The Joyless Quest for Tenure
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2007) 14, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Tenure; College Faculty; Teacher Promotion; Nontenured Faculty; Occupational Aspiration; Emotional Response + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Fakultät; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Emotionales Verhalten
Abstract	In this article, the author talks about the tenure process of being a professor which can be gloomy for assistant professors as they share a common culture of the joyless quest for promotion and tenure. Life as an assistant professor has its bleak moments; however, the downbeat cosmology is, in the end, dysfunctional and hurts more than it comforts. Even when a faculty member has met or exceeded the expectations for promotion, the process can be a source of unhappiness. The author asserts that a central aspect of the tenure process that makes it fraught with tension is its all-or-nothing character. Yet, even more difficult problems on the tenure track have practical solutions. Here, the author suggests that academics need to think about ways they can make the tenure track, if not less rigorous, at least less downbeat, even (or especially) at the moment of triumph. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10