The Chronicle: Texas A&M Will Allow Consideration of Faculty Members’ Patents in Tenure Process
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted unanimously on Friday to consider faculty members’ patents and the commercialization of their research in deciding whether to grant them tenure.
“We are taking a leadership position in modernizing the tenure process to bring it in line with some new realities,” Robert D. McTeer, chancellor of the university system, said in a written statement. As state support of higher education continues to decline, he said, universities must rely more on partnerships with businesses.
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