The Chronical of Higher Education
Paul Basken
March 24, 2016
It’s long been a rite of passage at major research universities:
To have a chance at tenure, scientists first need to win at least one full-size
federal grant.
Now
that’s changing. Though they’re reluctant to discuss details, several large
research universities admit that they’ve begun granting tenure to faculty
members who haven’t yet crossed that threshold, a concession to several years
of flat federal support for science.
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