LEVELING TENURE - LOCATING TENURE AND OTHER CONTROVERSIES

Authors
TIERNEY WG
Citation
Wg. Tierney, LEVELING TENURE - LOCATING TENURE AND OTHER CONTROVERSIES, American behavioral scientist, 41(5), 1998, pp. 627-637
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical","Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary",Psychology
Journal title
American behavioral scientist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00027642
Volume
41
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
627 - 637
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7642(1998)41:5<627:LT-LTA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
This article delineates the four most significant areas of potential t enure reform. The author offers the strengths and weaknesses of each p roposal and provides examples of why such suggestions have been made a nd what has occurred. The article concludes with an alternative sugges tion about how to solve some of the problems that currently exist in t he academy that does not necessitate changing tenure.