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Why ask if tenure is necessary?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

Jane L. Buck*
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68 Welsh Tract Road, 109, Newark, DE 19713
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Although the target article is groundbreaking and creatively conceived, there are troubling questions regarding its methodology and conclusions. The sample in the authors' study was drawn from a popular magazine's lists; there is no recognition of the fact that most faculty are now off the tenure track; and comparisons are made with the British system with no supporting data.

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