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Tenure: Here to Stay or on its Way Out?

Tenure can be thought of as a permanent job contract for a professor, and it’s usually granted after a probationary period of six or seven years. Tenure is typically based on the professor’s teaching ability, their publication record, and their reputation among their peers.

Denial of Tenure Gone Deadly

During a routine biology department faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on February 12, 2010, biology professor Amy Bishop killed three of her colleagues …