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What is Tenure?
Tenure is a permanent position awarded to professors showing excellence in research and teaching. Having tenure typically means you can only be dismissed for grave misconduct. This is why most see tenure as a job for life.
If you’re hired to fill a tenure-line assistant professor position in the United States, the standard is that you’ll be reviewed for tenure and promotion to associate professor in the sixth year. If that succeeds, you’ll have tenure beginning in your seventh year.
