April 25, 2003

Promoting Late Bloomers

By DENNIS BARON

A consistent underperformer finally gets a burst of scholarly energy. Should he win promotion?

So far in this series on the tenure and promotion process, I have been following the fortunes of Allison Porchnik (not her real name) as her tenure case in the English department unfolded at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

I've already told the story of how Porchnik's case nearly stalled in the collegewide executive committee, although ultimately it was approved by a

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