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"Quite common" is an overstatement. The market is nowhere near as liquid. Only a small number of tenured jobs are advertised each year compared to the number of
by Thrymr 13y ago
"Quite common" is an overstatement. The market is nowhere near as liquid. Only a small number of tenured jobs are advertised each year compared to the number of junior tenure-track jobs. Superstars can get hired somewhere else, but for the vast majority of tenured faculty there are not many options (most universities would prefer to hire a cheaper junior faculty member, and many are very limited in how much credit they can give an applicant towards tenure).
- michael_nielsen 13y agoWhether it's "quite common" may vary a lot from department to department; in some places my statement may perhaps have been too strong. In the places I've seen firsthand it's quite common for tenured faculty to sometimes interview elsewhere. I did so, and made a jump. This is also a common strategy for people angling for promotion or a big pay increase -- get an offer elsewhere, and then use that offer to get a promotion at your current institution. I'm not recommending it, but I've certainly seen it done. Common outside academia too, of course.
- tomrod 13y agoI can't speak for experiences outside my field, but generally movement happens in the senior academic market by word of mouth alone.