Using a longitudinal administrative dataset from a large research university, we empirically evaluate the consequences of using stop the clock (STC) polices for the career success of tenure-track faculty. STC policies were introduced approximately 40 years ago, yet surprisingly little is known...

This essay asserts that the reluctance of universities to dismiss tenured professors for incompetence compromises the traditional and convincing justification for protecting academic freedom through tenure. This justification is most fully elaborated in the 1915 Declaration of Principles of the...

In recent years, critical attacks on higher education have focused upon tenure of faculty members and have mounted in both volume and intensity. As a result, there has been an agonizing reappraisal of the whole subject of academic tenure. The concept of tenure in the teaching profession, though...

The simplest competitive labor market model asserts that if tenure is a desirable job characteristic for professors, they should be willing to pay for it by accepting lower salaries. Conversely, if an institution unilaterally reduces the probability that its assistant professors receive tenure,...