tenure-track
adjective
ten·ure-track
ˈten-yər-ˌtrak 
also -ˌyu̇r-
: relating to or being a teaching position that may lead to a grant of tenure
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Noting that the university’s tenure-track, non-clinical faculty had grown by more than 20% in the last 10 years, Baicker said that the goal was to hold the current overall faculty size stable for now, which would require reducing the hiring rate of by about 30%.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The plan allegedly aims to expand the university’s tenure-track faculty rapidly while prioritizing demographic diversity, a hallmark feature of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, which the Trump administration is attempting to root out of institutions nationally.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2025
No responsible adviser in a doctoral program in English now would recommend a single-author dissertation if a tenure-track job in the profession is the goal—an ever more daunting one, given the implosion of literature departments, and of so many disciplines across the humanities.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
Magid’s new position, professor of modern Jewish studies in residence, was encouraged by Harvard’s internal antisemitism report, released in April, which noted that searches were already underway for Magid’s position and a tenure-track professor in religion, violence, and peace.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The plan allegedly aims to expand the university’s tenure-track faculty rapidly while prioritizing demographic diversity, a hallmark feature of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, which the Trump administration is attempting to root out of institutions nationally.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2025
No responsible adviser in a doctoral program in English now would recommend a single-author dissertation if a tenure-track job in the profession is the goal—an ever more daunting one, given the implosion of literature departments, and of so many disciplines across the humanities.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
Magid’s new position, professor of modern Jewish studies in residence, was encouraged by Harvard’s internal antisemitism report, released in April, which noted that searches were already underway for Magid’s position and a tenure-track professor in religion, violence, and peace.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025
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“Tenure-track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenure-track. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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