The Future of Tenure

Abolish, Strengthen, or Replace Tenure? [View email in your browser.]( [Chronicle of Higher Edcuation](/OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4=) [RethinkingTenure_campaign-Email_header_01 (1).png](/OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4=) Rethinking the Future of Tenure The recent controversy over the University of North Carolina's hesitation in granting tenure to the journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones beamed the spotlight once again on a practice that has long been waning and straining. Today, tenured and tenure-track faculty members make up less than 30 percent of the nation’s professoriate. /OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4= Read about how colleges are experimenting with alternatives to tenure. Some are finding ways to offer job security and a governance role to those outside the system, while others are trying to make tenure expectations clearer and fairer. [Order your copy](/OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4=) to learn how tenure’s place in the academy is changing. [In this collection of Chronicle articles,](/OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4=) anchored by newly reported analysis, you’ll hear from academics who want to strengthen tenure, recreate it, abolish it, or experiment with something new in its place. [Order Today](/OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4=) The Chronicle | 1255 Twenty-Third St., N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20037 [Privacy Policy](/OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4=) | [Unsubscribe or update your email preferences here](=/OTMxLUVLQS0yMTgAAAF_fzyskm5VjIIshqm5d2pX-Bxj_S60e0YomKjYjEX7HYL8JcSk87dF5_jwcJ6N-fB_shXAln4=)