Tenure
noun
The period of time that a position is held by someone, such as a job or public office.
During his tenure as CEO, the company doubled its profits.
Often appears as...
- tenure of office
- extend his tenure
noun
The right to keep a job, especially a teaching job, for as long as you want to have it, unless you do something very bad.
After a probationary period, the teacher was granted tenure.
Often appears as...
- tenure track
- grant tenure
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Academic
noun
The legal right to occupy a property or hold land.
The property was held under a 99-year leasehold tenure.
Often appears as...
- freehold tenure
- leasehold tenure
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Formal
Legal
noun
The period of time that a position is held by someone, such as a job or public office.
During his tenure as CEO, the company doubled its profits.
Often appears as...
- tenure of office
- extend his tenure
noun
The right to keep a job, especially a teaching job, for as long as you want to have it, unless you do something very bad.
After a probationary period, the teacher was granted tenure.
Often appears as...
- tenure track
- grant tenure
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The legal right to occupy a property or hold land.
The property was held under a 99-year leasehold tenure.
Often appears as...
- freehold tenure
- leasehold tenure
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Duration
Refers to how long someone has worked in a particular role or job.
She celebrated her 20-year tenure with the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Leadership Context
Often used to describe the time someone is in a leadership or official position.
His tenure as mayor saw significant urban development.
Pro Tip 3/3Measurement of Service
Can be used to measure the impact or achievements during one's service.
The teacher's tenure was marked by improved student test scores.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Duration
Refers to how long someone has worked in a particular role or job.
She celebrated her 20-year tenure with the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Leadership Context
Often used to describe the time someone is in a leadership or official position.
His tenure as mayor saw significant urban development.
Pro Tip 3/3Measurement of Service
Can be used to measure the impact or achievements during one's service.
The teacher's tenure was marked by improved student test scores.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Duration
Refers to how long someone has worked in a particular role or job.
She celebrated her 20-year tenure with the company.
Pro Tip 2/3Leadership Context
Often used to describe the time someone is in a leadership or official position.
His tenure as mayor saw significant urban development.
Pro Tip 3/3Measurement of Service
Can be used to measure the impact or achievements during one's service.
The teacher's tenure was marked by improved student test scores.
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The Foul, Fascinating...
old tannery I knew about the smell because before dropping out of school I used to come help my father in the tannery my first time here the smell was terrible I felt like I was suffocating I couldn't bear it but after a while I no longer noticed it at all after just three years here most Singh's tenure has
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From pacifist to spy:...
When an officer spotted her hanging her aerial, she chatted about her passion for listening to music on the radio– and charmed him into helping her set up the cable. In her entire four month tenure, her sharp wits and stealth never failed her. But her charm had inspired lethal jealousy.
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The mad scientist of...
Anyway, so this is also a really enjoyable role. I should concede also that I'm the world's worst Mouseketeer player, and it was this distinction that I was most worried about when I was on that prior side of the tenure divide. I'm glad I'm past that. We're not going to go into that.
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This is what makes...
in the world. Idea number fairness. The thing that erodes trust in an organization faster than anything else is when employees feel that they're being treated unfairly. Employees want to be treated the same, regardless of their rank or their tenure or their age
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Daniel Wolpert: The real...
when professors get tenure, but that's a different subject. So I am a movement chauvinist. I believe movement is the most important function of the brain -- don't let anyone tell you that it's not true. Now if movement is so important, how well are we doing
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
that said that the teacher improvement data could not be made available and used in the tenure decision for the teachers. And so that's sort of working in the opposite direction. But I'm optimistic about this, I think there are some clear things we can do.
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What it takes to be a...
beyond their tenure. And then, when I returned to work full time, in this role, I joined with wonderful colleagues who were also interested in these questions. Now, from all this, I distilled the characteristics of leaders who are thriving
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
test scores and there's a whole thing of trying to block the data for example New York passed a law that said that the teacher improvement data could not be made available and used in the tenure to
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Leading with purpose PIPE...
have no escape if the women's center in your community has no money to market because she won't even know it exists nonprofit life is intense in fact during my tenure as the executive director at
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Tanner PIPE Dangerous Jobs
tannery I knew about the smell because before dropping out of school I used to come help my father in the tannery my first time here the smell was terrible I felt like I was suffocating I couldn't bear it but after a while I no longer noticed it at all after just three years here most Singh's tenure has been
Video examples
The Foul, Fascinating...
old tannery I knew about the smell because before dropping out of school I used to come help my father in the tannery my first time here the smell was terrible I felt like I was suffocating I couldn't bear it but after a while I no longer noticed it at all after just three years here most Singh's tenure has
Video examples
From pacifist to spy:...
When an officer spotted her hanging her aerial, she chatted about her passion for listening to music on the radio– and charmed him into helping her set up the cable. In her entire four month tenure, her sharp wits and stealth never failed her. But her charm had inspired lethal jealousy.
Video examples
The mad scientist of...
Anyway, so this is also a really enjoyable role. I should concede also that I'm the world's worst Mouseketeer player, and it was this distinction that I was most worried about when I was on that prior side of the tenure divide. I'm glad I'm past that. We're not going to go into that.
Video examples
This is what makes...
in the world. Idea number fairness. The thing that erodes trust in an organization faster than anything else is when employees feel that they're being treated unfairly. Employees want to be treated the same, regardless of their rank or their tenure or their age
Video examples
Daniel Wolpert: The real...
when professors get tenure, but that's a different subject. So I am a movement chauvinist. I believe movement is the most important function of the brain -- don't let anyone tell you that it's not true. Now if movement is so important, how well are we doing
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
that said that the teacher improvement data could not be made available and used in the tenure decision for the teachers. And so that's sort of working in the opposite direction. But I'm optimistic about this, I think there are some clear things we can do.
Video examples
What it takes to be a...
beyond their tenure. And then, when I returned to work full time, in this role, I joined with wonderful colleagues who were also interested in these questions. Now, from all this, I distilled the characteristics of leaders who are thriving
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
test scores and there's a whole thing of trying to block the data for example New York passed a law that said that the teacher improvement data could not be made available and used in the tenure to
Video examples
Leading with purpose PIPE...
have no escape if the women's center in your community has no money to market because she won't even know it exists nonprofit life is intense in fact during my tenure as the executive director at
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Raoul Peck
Haitian Director
I remember a time when you were protesting on the street together with your professors, with your union, with your school organizations. Everybody was in the streets. Now, everybody is kept alone in his box, in this fragile condition, afraid of losing tenure.
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Jalen Rose
American Athlete
I hate tenure. Tenure allows teachers to put their feet up on the desk and possibly have a job forever. That's why I got turned on to charter schools. It's a business model. Every employee and every teacher will be monitored by performance.
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Steven Levitt
American Economist
I think the problem with schools is not too many incentives but too few. Because of tenure, teachers' unions, and the fact that teachers generally aren't observed in their classrooms, they can do whatever they want in class.
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Johnny Mathis
American Musician
I had a good record company right from the beginning, and I'm still with them after all these years. I think I may be the only person in the world that's had a tenure this long with any record company.
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
Harvard is famous for being an 'absorbing state' for faculty with almost no one leaving it for another institution, which is why the decision of granting tenure is a life long commitment.
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Abhinav Bindra
Indian Athlete
It is important to find a way to take sports forward. However, it is important to have certain stipulations in place like restriction in terms of age, tenure etc.
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James E. Rogers
American Educator
To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom.
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Jack Welch
American Businessman
The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.
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Sanjaya Baru
Indian Public Servant
I have not broken any promises, but I have full freedom to say or write about what others have said to me during my tenure in the PMO.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.
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Raoul Peck
Haitian Director
I remember a time when you were protesting on the street together with your professors, with your union, with your school organizations. Everybody was in the streets. Now, everybody is kept alone in his box, in this fragile condition, afraid of losing tenure.
Quote examples
Jalen Rose
American Athlete
I hate tenure. Tenure allows teachers to put their feet up on the desk and possibly have a job forever. That's why I got turned on to charter schools. It's a business model. Every employee and every teacher will be monitored by performance.
Quote examples
Steven Levitt
American Economist
I think the problem with schools is not too many incentives but too few. Because of tenure, teachers' unions, and the fact that teachers generally aren't observed in their classrooms, they can do whatever they want in class.
Quote examples
Johnny Mathis
American Musician
I had a good record company right from the beginning, and I'm still with them after all these years. I think I may be the only person in the world that's had a tenure this long with any record company.
Quote examples
Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
Harvard is famous for being an 'absorbing state' for faculty with almost no one leaving it for another institution, which is why the decision of granting tenure is a life long commitment.
Quote examples
Abhinav Bindra
Indian Athlete
It is important to find a way to take sports forward. However, it is important to have certain stipulations in place like restriction in terms of age, tenure etc.
Quote examples
James E. Rogers
American Educator
To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom.
Quote examples
Jack Welch
American Businessman
The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.
Quote examples
Sanjaya Baru
Indian Public Servant
I have not broken any promises, but I have full freedom to say or write about what others have said to me during my tenure in the PMO.
Quote examples
Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.
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