Tenure-track
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tenure-track is an adjective meaning (education, of a professorship or other academic job) Possessing contractually guaranteed terms of employment specifying that, after a period of time, the employed person will be considered for tenure status, which typically confers enhanced job security and sometimes other benefits.
Meaning
(education, of a professorship or other academic job) Possessing contractually guaranteed terms of employment specifying that, after a period of time, the employed person will be considered for tenure status, which typically confers enhanced job security and sometimes other benefits.
Example Sentences
[T]he hierarchical structure of Japanese academic-research teams often denies women precious tenure-track positions.
It would be better to forget RAE exercises and instead have a large number of independent universities with proper tenure-track positions and with high standards enforced.
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