June 9, 2006
Texas A&M: Patents to Count for Tenure
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted unanimously last month to consider faculty members' patents and the commercialization of their research in deciding whether to grant them tenure.
"We are taking a leadership position in modernizing the tenure process to bring it in line with some new realities," Robert D. McTeer, chancellor of the university system, said in a written statement. As state support for higher education continues to decline, he said, universities
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