Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r...
by tgv on Friday February 18, 2022 @05:16AM
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> your home institution will be pressured to grant you tenure as well
Well, let me tell you that the day I got a somewhat prestigious fellowship, one which comes with years of extra funding on the condition that the department gives you tenure, the secretary of the faculty came over and said "congratulations, but there won't be tenure for you". Next year, someone down the hall got the same fellowship, and they did promise her tenure immediately. It's terribly political, at least over here, and I've heard the same from other countries.
Well, let me tell you that the day I got a somewhat prestigious fellowship, one which comes with years of extra funding on the condition that the department gives you tenure, the secretary of the faculty came over and said "congratulations, but there won't be tenure for you". Next year, someone down the hall got the same fellowship, and they did promise her tenure immediately. It's terribly political, at least over here, and I've heard the same from other countries.