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<p>You could add a list of additional issues, both at the start and the “targeted” end of tenure. </p>
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<li><p>For many starting the tenure track means the start of the research/publish model. Although this might be seen as fair, this as created a “wealth” of high volume, low-quality research seeking to build the necessary amount of published research. The purpose being to either get tenure by the reviewerd who support similar research or build the vita for another academic experience. Researchers are known to admit that they refrained to engage in novel (harder) or less popular research until having secured the tenure plum. </p></li>
<li><p>The legislation regarding age discrimination that started in academic circles in 1994 added an unexpected twist to the notion of long-term secured unemployment. Tenure is one thing, but offering lifetime employment to octogenarians might not have been anticipated by the “system.” Despite the merits of a system that rewards the old and wise over the young and unproven, this might severally limit the access to tenure for the subsequent generations. Although the number of tenured faculty has increased in absolute numbers over the past decades, it has also decreased percentage-wise. A clear indication that the system is not as tenable in the long run as some might think or … hope for.</p></li>
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