Raising the Question #5 What Is Tenure and How Do I Get It?

Autor/in	Defleur, Melvin L.
Titel	Raising the Question #5 What Is Tenure and How Do I Get It?
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 56 (2007) 1, S.106-112 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
Schlagwörter	Tenure; Productivity; College Faculty; Teacher Competencies; Scholarship; Collegiality; Teacher Collaboration; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Qualifications; Academic Freedom; Faculty Publishing; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Produktivität; Fakultät; Lehrkunst; Scholarships; Stipendium; Kollegialität; Lehrerkooperation; Lehrqualifikation; Akademische Freiheit; USA
Abstract	This article discusses one of the most important issues facing anyone who begins their teaching career in a typical institution of higher education in the United States. The term "tenure", in the case of professors, refers to a status that is granted for a faculty member, normally after a probationary period of several years. Tenure protects the individual from dismissal, except "for cause"; that is for serious misconduct or incompetence. In order to obtain any important academic reward, the candidate must perform well so as to have earned merit. In the case of tenure, merit is judged: (1) by the quality of one's teaching; (2) by the degree to which the faculty member has shown scholarly productivity; and (3) by the additional quality--stated in one way or another--of being a congenial and cooperative colleague. Too often, candidates for tenure work hard to fulfill one category hoping that their extra efforts will compensate for the lack of results in another area. Instead of looking for tradeoffs among the criteria, candidates should strive for excellence across all three of them. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10