Inside Higher Ed: Bolstering Tenure by Reforming It
Mend it — don’t end it.
A University of Colorado panel — created amid political demands to eliminate tenure — is taking an approach similar to the one President Clinton took when faced with demands to abolish affirmative action. Admit that the system is flawed, but defend its necessity.
The Chronicle News Blog: Panel Calls for 40 Changes in Tenure at U. of Colorado
A University of Colorado committee recommended on Wednesday that the system make 40 changes in its tenure policies, to deal with significant problems that were manifested, critics said, in the ease with which Ward Churchill received tenure.
The recommendations, which appear in a 431-page report by the committee, include conducting tenure reviews every five years, completing dismissal cases within six months, adding criminal-background checks to the hiring process, pushing for consistent approaches to tenuring both within and across departments, collecting better data on tenure, clarifying expectations for faculty members seeking tenure or facing dismissal, and making it clear on an annual basis when faculty members are not meeting expectations.
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