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Alstete, Jeffrey – 2000
This digest suggests post-tenure faculty development programs as a way to address pressures on the tenure system and calls for the elimination of tenure in higher education. The paper notes that tenure policies are being impacted by internal factors such as the uncapping of the mandatory retirement age and the aging of faculty, as well as by…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation