Inside Higher Ed: New approach to tenure
At many institutions, tenure has historically been determined by publishing and teaching records, with “service” a distant and poorly defined third criterion.
With the idea of “public scholarship” — a broad term that encompasses any number of ways faculty members may work with and in various communities — gaining more attention, many scholars believe that tenure systems need revision. A large-scale effort to do that was announced Friday by Imagining America, a consortium of colleges that encourage faculty members to be active members of their local and national communities.
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