The structures and norms of the traditional tenure track are becoming more scarce and unevenly distributed. In the 1970s, nearly 60 percent of academics working in the sector were tenured or on the tenure track. Today, only about a third of professors are granted those positions as higher education relies more on part-time instructors and underpaid adjuncts.
Order your copy of Rethinking Tenure to learn how tenure’s place in the academy is changing. With older professors staying in tenured positions indefinitely, further locking up the job market for incoming and up-and-coming teachers, many are calling for a change in how tenure is structured. Read how colleges are experimenting with alternatives to tenure by finding ways to offer job security and a governance role to those outside the system.
In this collection of Chronicle articles, anchored by newly reported analysis, you’ll hear from academics who want to strengthen tenure, recreate it, abolish it, or experiment with something new in its place.
