The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Trends in the Awarding of Tenure

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This report presents data on how higher education faculty in the United States and Canada view the process of attaining tenure.  The reports presents data on the percentage of faculty who have tenure, or are on a tenure or non-tenure track. For faculty without tenure it gives their view on their expectations of achieving tenure, and their estimate on the change in the ease or difficulty in achieving tenure over the past five years.  In addition, it reports results on what faculty view as the primary criteria for tenure at their institutions, and the length of time typically required for tenure review.

The report presents the results of a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in the United States and Canada.  Data is presented in the aggregate and for 12 criteria including academic field, size of college, type of college, academic title and other factors.

Available February 2010