Values that motivate faculty to relinquish or decline tenure
Lassiter, Ernestine
For much of the 20th century, the majority of higher education faculty were hired on the tenure track, making them eligible to receive full rights and privileges associated with such achievement. However, since 2001, merely one quarter of new faculty appointments have been full-time, tenure-track positions. Actually, many colleges and universities are reluctant to offer tenured or tenure-track positions, instead, institutions offer nonrenewabl...