http://www.cronknews.com/2010/02/03/colleges-fear-repercussions-of-not-granting-tenure-to-jerk/ Smart News from the Ivory Tower Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cronknews.com/2010/02/03/colleges-fear-repercussions-of-not-granting-tenure-to-jerk/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Bill Reader Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:35:32 +0000 http://www.cronknews.com/?p=811#comment-510 Just for the record, I have had nothing but excellent performance reviews every year of my probationary period, and in 2008, the year my tenure application was submitted, my director wrote "I look forward to your continued excellent performance and I am proud to be your colleague." I agree that tenure is supposed to be about scholarship. Here's a link: http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=30475 Just for the record, I have had nothing but excellent performance reviews every year of my probationary period, and in 2008, the year my tenure application was submitted, my director wrote “I look forward to your continued excellent performance and I am proud to be your colleague.” I agree that tenure is supposed to be about scholarship. Here’s a link: http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=30475

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