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[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. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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So even though the WGS program hired me because they appreciated and wanted a scholar doing race, class, and poverty from an interdisciplinary approach, a segment in the department tenuring me did not fully understand the value of my work. The legislation would enable and guide the establishment for shared decision-making in regard to planning, management and tenuring decisions over lands and resources. Beginning in the 1980s, he organised and led a series of summer workshops, under the auspices of SSRC, aimed at developing and tenuring a new generation of economic specialists who would bring both modern economics tools and a deep understanding of Soviet history, politics and economics to the analysis of that country. |
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