May 14, 1999

Massachusetts Official Proposes Bonuses for Professors Who Forgo Tenure Track

Massachusetts has too many tenured professors, says the chancellor of the state Board of Higher Education. He wants to pay new faculty members more money to forgo the tenure track.

If the plan succeeds, Massachusetts would be the first state to adopt such an alternative to tenure in all of its public colleges. Stanley Z. Koplik, the chancellor, said the high proportion of tenured faculty members prevented the

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