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Tenure is fine, but rank is sublime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

Douglas Peters
Douglas Peters*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380
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douglas_peters@und.nodak.edu
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Abstract

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Does tenure serve its original purpose of promoting freedom of inquiry for academics in teaching and research? It seems not. Of concern is the finding that achieving tenure does not translate into a significant increase in exercise of freedom of inquiry either in teaching or research. Why? Promotion evaluation for associate professors by their senior colleagues has a continued inhibiting effect.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 583
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007