tenure-track

adjective

ten·​ure-track ˈten-yər-ˌtrak How to pronounce tenure-track (audio)
 also  -ˌyu̇r-
: relating to or being a teaching position that may lead to a grant of tenure

Examples of tenure-track in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Grants are too small, too short, and too restrictive Principal investigators — often tenure-track university professors — doing academic research in the US are responsible not only for running their own lab, but also for funding it. Celia Ford, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024 For Wardle, who left Brown in late June for a tenure-track professor post at Cornell University, the constant monitoring and backlash spurred her decision to shift from responding tomisinformation to a proactive topic: how to improve information systems like media. Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 24 July 2024 So, how did Jones go from making history as the first Black tenure-track musician in the Kansas City Symphony’s history in September 2020 to losing his job less than three years later, in January 2023? Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 6 June 2024 The vote was conducted by a legislative assembly of more than 200 members across UCLA departments who are elected to represent 3,800 tenured and tenure-track faculty. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for tenure-track 

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Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tenure-track was in 1976

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“Tenure-track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenure-track. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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