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From: budd@arizona.UUCP (tim budd)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: replacement for tenure
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Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 18:24:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 18:24:58 1984
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I believe this is essentially the method used at Oregon Graduate Center,
a small private college in beaverton (i also think they are on the net,
so someone there can confirm or deny this if i am wrong).

The way it works is that new people are given 3 year contracts.  Every year
you are reviewed and one of two things happens; either they rip up your
old contract and give you a new three year contract, or they merely keep
the old contract and you are down to two years...

I also believe as you are around for more years they start giving you
longer contracts (that is, if they like what you are doing) to a maximum of
five (i believe).

on alternate days i believe this is a good system.  depends on which side
of the tenure fence you're sitting, i suppose.