Leader of nation's biggest campus wants to change rules that govern granting of tenure
The leader of the country’s largest university thinks it’s time to re-examine how professors are awarded tenure, a type of job-for-life protection virtually unknown outside academia. Ohio State University President Gordon Gee says the traditional formula that rewards publishing in scholarly journals over excellence in teaching and other contributions is outdated and too often favors the quantity of a professor’s output over quality.
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by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Los Angeles Times.