Tenure

How it is used

Systems differ; it does not mean unconditional employment forever.

Example sentences

1. The committee considered her teaching and research before recommending tenure.

   The status follows an institutional evaluation process.

2. He asked whether the visiting position offered any route to tenure.

   A temporary appointment may not lead to continuing status.

Common collocations

• award tenure
• apply for tenure

Related terms

• facultyIn American English, the teaching and research staff of a university; in British English, also a group of related departments, such as the Faculty of Arts.
• researchCareful, systematic study of a subject in order to discover new facts, test ideas or reach new conclusions.

More terms: Graduate Study and Supervision

• supervisor
• PhD
• postgraduate
• research proposal
• thesis defense
• grant
• thesis committee
• research assistant
• qualifying exam
• coursework
• doctoral candidate
• graduate student