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- From: dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark)
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- Subject: Criteria for tenure (Was Re: A few thoughts on Fabrikant.)
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- Date: 6 Sep 92 19:35:06 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.214318.1166@tc.cornell.edu> <87357@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Aug29.123347.19743@tc.cornell.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug29.123347.19743@tc.cornell.edu> bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
- >
- > ... What I am
- >arguing is that trashing scientific careers of junior faculty for any
- >reason other then quality of teaching/research is wrong and goes
- >against the goals of a university.
-
- I beleive that tenure decisions should be based on the candidate's over-all
- contribution, and potential future contributions, to research, teaching,
- and administration within the university. Thus personality and attitude
- per se should not enter into the decision. But notice also that I did not
- say research productivity, either in publications or grants. Or research
- quality. Or teaching quality. A candidate's influence on the research and
- teaching of those around him/her is also very important, especially the
- candidate's influence on graduate students, as a role model and a colleague.
- I conclude from this that personality, attitude, relations to colleagues,
- etc., are not irrelevant to tenure decisions, although performance should
- be the main basis. The bottom line is, will the person be an asset to
- the university over the remainder of their academic career? If the
- answer on balance is "yes", then tenure should probably be granted.
-
- David Mark
- dmark@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu
-