tenure-track
Americanadjective
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Many schools relied on adjunct professors during the boom to manage the influx of computer-science students, but those schools that added tenure-track faculty could be in a tight spot.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Hamilton College economist Stephen Wu noted that there have been an unusually large number of applications for the tenure-track opening in his department, and that the quality of the applicants is extremely high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
Staff support for students and faculty has not kept up with enrollment and salaries for tenure-track faculty lag behind university goals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
He started teaching at art schools nationally, and eventually landed a tenure-track position at the University of Maryland.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
Another, but over and over, with a collective sigh, the company was dragged back to its apparent fate, congratulating Old Chao on having received a tenure-track job offer just that afternoon.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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