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> Becoming a professor is called getting your 'chair' isn't it? No. > I don't know any professors who don't also have tenure - that seems a contradiction in t
by michaelhoffman 6y ago
> Becoming a professor is called getting your 'chair' isn't it?
No.
> I don't know any professors who don't also have tenure - that seems a contradiction in terms to me.
Assistant professors generally do not have tenure, and at some institutions being an associate professor or full professor is no guarantee either.
> But if you don't know what I mean we're probably talking about different things and possibly talking at cross-purposes.
I know what you mean; you're just incorrect and spreading misinformation based on your limited experience.
- chrisseaton 6y agoI'm not making it up out of nowhere! > Meaning "office of a professor" (1816) is extended from the seat from which a professor lectures (mid-15c.). https://www.etymonline.com/word/chair https://www.etymonline.com/word/chair Seems to be in-use in the US? https://depts.washington.edu/givemed/prof-chair/creating-your-chair-or-professorship/ https://depts.washington.edu/givemed/prof-chair/creating-you... It even talks about how the endowment for the professorship or chair funds the professor.
- michaelhoffman 6y agoYes, it is true that there are SOME professors with chairs. Not that all professors have a chair. analog31 already explained this in response to your last comment.
- chrisseaton 6y agoThe professors I’ve worked with usually only get that title when they have a couple of decades of experience and are at the very top of their fields with international recognition and will of course be funded and tenured. It sounds like you’re using ‘professor’ to mean something far more junior which is why we aren’t understanding each other.
- mattkrause 6y agoI think this is a confusion between "professor" (i.e., anyone on the tenure track) and "Professor" (i.e., Full/University Professor).