Stop Trying To Get Tenure and Start Trying To Enjoy Yourself

by E Wayne Ross on September 24, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Stop Trying To Get Tenure and Start Trying To Enjoy Yourself

By Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.

Congratulations! You have a tenure-track position. Now what? Seriously, how are you going to make the transition from tenure-track to tenured? What is the best way to spend your time? How much emphasis should you put on teaching? What are the scholarship expectations? Where should you publish? Do you need to be first author? Should you continue working with your graduate advisor? Should you stick to safe avenues of inquiry or take chances with new ideas? How many committees should you sit on? How many campus initiatives should you join? What, if anything, can you turn down? What is the relative value of teaching, scholarship, and service?

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