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Rising Above Second-Class Citizenship through a Teaching Track to Tenure

BY KRIS BOUDREAU AND MARK RICHMAN In her recent survey of a handful of research universities that have improved conditions for their teaching faculty—particularly those that provide job stability and paths for professional advancement—the Chronicle’s Becky Supiano suggests that while such a “teaching track” distinct from a tenure track can “elevate undergraduate instruction and the…

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An Achievement to Celebrate

BY CAROLYN BETENSKY In the middle of a pandemic, faculty activists have accomplished something of real significance.  Working with their provost, the town-hall style faculty governance group at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has managed to secure forty-five tenure lines for existing “teaching” faculty.  While the idea of expanding tenure to include teaching faculty has been promoted…