February 25, 2005

Report Calls for a More Flexible Tenure Process

By ROBIN WILSON

Article: Keeping Kids Close

Higher education should consider changing the tenure system drastically to make academic careers less rigid, particularly for professors raising young children, the leaders of 10 research universities said in a report.

The report, "An Agenda for Excellence: Creating Flexibility in Tenure-Track Faculty Careers," was sponsored by the American Council on Education and the Alfred P. Sloan

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