tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post3965343495989404733..comments2023-12-22T15:39:43.656-07:00Comments on debitage: Tenure ReformStentorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-6933476950072931332008-04-14T10:26:00.000-07:002008-04-14T10:26:00.000-07:00hafidha -- just click on the timestamp for a post ...hafidha -- just click on the timestamp for a post to get its URL. The URL for this post is http://debitage.net/blog/2008_04_06_oldblog.html#3965343495989404733Stentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-5372021546013150602008-04-14T10:16:00.000-07:002008-04-14T10:16:00.000-07:00I wanted to post a link to this post, but I can't ...I wanted to post a link to this post, but I can't get the url for it. Help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-90378839033041970052008-04-13T13:13:00.000-07:002008-04-13T13:13:00.000-07:00The problem with 15-year appointments is that ther...The problem with 15-year appointments is that there isn't much opportunity for renewal then. What happens now is that you get a Ph.D. in your late 20s, let's say at 28. Then you have a postdoctoral appointment for two to four years, bringing you up to 31. Then you get an assistant professorship. After 5 years, when you're 36, you're up for tenure. So if tenure is replaced by 15-year appointments, it means that you'll retire toward the end of your second appointment.<BR/><BR/>The best argument I've seen for keeping tenure is that however bad academic politics is now, it will only get worse if every year the faculty has to discuss whether to keep 1/5th or 1/10th or 1/15th of the senior faculty.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.com