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tenure
[ten′yər]
Etymology: L, tenere, to hold
1 (in a university) a faculty appointment with few limits on the number of years it may be held.
2 a permanent appointment usually awarded to a person who has advanced to the rank of associate professor and who demonstrates scholarship, community service, and teaching excellence in a specific field of study.
tenure
Academia A status granted to a person with a 'terminal' degree–eg, doctor of medicine–MD or doctor of philosophy–PhD, after a trial period, which protects him/her from summary dismissal; tenured academicians are expected to assume major duties in research, teaching and, if applicable, Pt care fostering, through their activities, the academic 'agenda' of their respective departments or institutions. See Endowed chair, Lecturer, Professor. Cf Chair.
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The percentage of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members teaching at the nation's colleges and universities has been declining precipitously in recent years.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The tenured and tenure-track professor are gradually disappearing from the campuses of the nation's community colleges.
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