Perhaps it’s true, as the essay “Nobody Likes Writing Tenure Letters” (The Chronicle, October 23) concludes, that “academe needs to have a candid discussion about the merit and importance of ...

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It starts innocently enough when an unfamiliar name pops up in your email queue. Opening the message, you read a flattering passage lauding your scholarly reputation. Then you spot the string attached ...

For years, tenure has been rightfully debated within the public domain and State Board of Higher Education (SBHE), the governing body responsible for all 11 public institutions of higher education.

It’s that time of the year again. Letters from everything between two and 10 external reviewers have been coming to departments from across the country (and beyond). Specialty area committees and ...

Recent events in Texas make the Kansas Board of Regents’ recently announced review of academic tenure policy very troubling. A lecturer was dismissed at Texas A&M for expanding upon gender questions ...

I would like to address recent concerns raised by the State Board of Higher Education regarding tenure and academic freedom. Academic freedom allows our campuses to thrive as centers for free thought ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has told the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a letter that she will not join the faculty at its journalism school ...

As they rushed to install Gov. Ron DeSantis’ soon-to-be appointed surgeon general to a tenured position, University of Florida administrators downplayed controversial views held by the doctor in ...