
What is Academic Freedom and Tenure, and Why Do They Matter (e.g., for teaching about religion!)?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
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How to Be Considered Worthy of Tenure
In most universities, a person is hired at an assistant level. After three years, they're given a review for their performance and the three categories are publications, teaching and service. Different colleges and universities have way these three criteria differently. At a place like UNC, where I teach, most of the time teaching and service are taken very seriously but high quality teaching and high quality service will not earn somebody tenure.
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