Changing the Tenure Rules — Without Telling Anyone?

by E Wayne Ross on April 2, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Changing the Tenure Rules — Without Telling Anyone?

When assistant professors talk about the ever more stringent standards for winning tenure, one of the favorite metaphors is of colleges “raising the bar.” At Baylor University, assistant professors who came up for tenure this year believe that not only did they face a higher hurdle, but they were forced to jump while blindfolded.