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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But many universities already implement annual reviews of both tenure-track and tenured faculty.
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Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 3 July 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
The course must be taught by regular, tenure-track, university faculty.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 10 Mar. 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
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Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 3 July 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
The course must be taught by regular, tenure-track, university faculty.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 10 Mar. 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
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“Tenure-track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenure-track. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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