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I've thought that a rolling tenure system would be cool. Depending on how risky your research is, you can apply for 5, 10, 15, or 20 year chunks of time in whic
by santaclaus 11y ago
I've thought that a rolling tenure system would be cool. Depending on how risky your research is, you can apply for 5, 10, 15, or 20 year chunks of time in which you are guaranteed a position at the University. This would allow professors to take on longer term weird or crazy research projects, but would prevent professors from defacto retiring immediately after hitting associate professor.
- anu7df 11y agoWhat is the purpose of the rolling tenure? If the finite length is meant to serve as a stick, I would argue that it is useless. People who do good fundamental research do it because there is nothing else that gives them the satisfaction. Yes there may be a few who defacto retire after hitting the assuared tenure, but if this rolling tenure becomes the norm that would add additional unnecessary risk to most. Fundamental research is risky, and we need people to go down the wrong and useless path to mark it such to keep others from going down that route. The finite length tenure is not conducive to the risk taking process.
- daxfohl 11y agoSo like pro sports players, except divided by 1000?