Tenure is a pivotal decision for the academy. If it is earned, it provides security and permanence, creating further academic freedom to pursue research and interests important to the institution and to society. If it is not earned, then the peer review process provides clarification for why it has not been earned. This book brings together lived experiences of academics around the time of the tenure decision. While the book is stand-alone, it has the same collection of authors who wrote about their tenure-track experiences in The Academic Gateway, making the pair of books a remarkable longitudinal collection.
The authors explore the complex relationship between academics, the academy as an ideal, and universities as an enactment of that ideal. Personal growth is evident and shows diversity of experience, as the maturing relationships with the role and workplace unfurl. Where tenure track is a very personal journey, the period around tenure is necessarily a form of engagement with peers. Yet it has challenges, particularly in a milieu where academic freedom is being nurtured. Individual authors negotiate their choices between their personal objectives and institutional mandates and policies. Simultaneously, after years in the tenure-track, they continue to be evolving as academics, whether through personal growth or by seeking changes in the academy itself.
Published in English.

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Beyond the Academic Gateway
Looking back on the Tenure-Track Journey
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eBook - ePub
Beyond the Academic Gateway
Looking back on the Tenure-Track Journey
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Topic
EducationSubtopic
Professional DevelopmentTable of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Section 1: The Review of Literature
- Section 2: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Individual and the Institutional
- Section 3: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Systemic and Institutional
- Section 4: Reflecting on the Tenure Journey: The Personal and Individual
- Contributors
- Index
- Backcover
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