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My understanding of academia is that even tenured professors can still be subject to the same publish-or-perish pressures that non-tenured faculty have. My und
by linguae 6y ago
My understanding of academia is that even tenured professors can still be subject to the same publish-or-perish pressures that non-tenured faculty have. My understanding of tenure is that you cannot be fired without cause, but you can still be fired for not fulfilling the obligations of the job, and maintaining the department’s and university’s expected levels of research output counts. Ultimately it depends on the university.
- djoldman 6y agoI'd be very interested to hear more on this. It's my understanding that you really don't have to do much more than teach a few classes in most cases.
- zoolily 6y agoIn the sciences after tenure, you have to bring in grant funding to keep your lab running and your postdocs and students paid. Summer salaries for faculty and teaching load reductions are funded from faculty grants as well. While conditions of tenure vary from university to university, there are institutions where tenured faculty could give up all research and retain their jobs, but they will never get promoted beyond associate professor, get a raise, etc.