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^age 4/The Battalion/Friday, November 4, 1983
Tenure incorrectly viewed as job security
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by Robin Black
Battalion Staff
Dr. Clinton A. Phillips, dean
of faculties, is experiencing one
of the busiest times the Universi
ty administrative office will see
all year: tenure and promotion
time.
Every fall, the various col
leges and departments submit
their recommendations for te
nured faculty to the office of the
vice president for academic
affairs.
From there, recommenda
tions must be reviewed by the
dean of faculties, the provost
and vice president for academic
affairs, college deans, the Uni
versity president, and, finally,
the Board of Regents.
It’s quite a long, complex pro
cess that takes an immense
amount of time, Phillips said.
Tenure is, historically, the
protection of an educator’s right
to speak out in his area of exper
tise without fear of harrassment.
Tenure allows the University
to aquire quality faculty. A pro
fessor must meet certain criteria
and go through a probationary
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SETTING THE NEW STANDARD
term designated by the Univer
sity in order to be eligible for
tenure.
“Tenure has now come to be
considered — incorrectly consi
dered —a kind of job security,”
he said.
Tenure does not provide job
security, however, because a te
nured educator may be dismis
sed on grounds ranging from
professional incompetence to
physical disability.
Texas A&M has not had a
problem with this, Phillips said.
“We have had a very limited
number of tenured faculty
members resign rather than face
losing tenure,” he said.
However, the University has
had to dismiss at least one te
nured professor who tried to
take action against the decision.
“About 15 years ago, the Uni
versity dismissed a faculty mem
ber who filed an appeal with the
Association of American Uni
versity Professors,” Phillips said.
“The organization granted
the appeal, but the Board of Re
gents refused to re-examine the
professor’s record,” he said.
“Because of that, the AAUP cen
sured A&M, discouraging asso
ciation with the University.”
Phillips said the incident
didn’t hurt the University in
terms of growth and success.
“The AAUP sent a represen
tative to the University last year
to tell us that they no longer con
sider us censured,” he said.
Although the University is no
longer under the AAUP cen
sure, its amount of tenured fa
culty is well below that of compa
rable universities.
“Most major universities of
equal quality with A&M have at
least 60 percent of their faculty
tenured,” Phillips said.
Texas A&M has 943 tenured
faculty members, representative
of about 54 percent of the total
faculty.
The number of tenured fa
culty varies among the different
colleges.^
“For example, the business
college has a low number of te
nured professors betjs
many new faculty membe
been hired to accomod}
growth,” Phillips said.
However, Universin
number of tenured fatu
healthy situation becau
untenured positions 4
University to bring!:'
blood, he said.
The low percentagt,
nured faculty does noli:
the concept of atadei
dom, he said.
“Concerning acadenn
dom, tenure is a funny
the sense that a classyirai'
will protect its non-tenir
well as its tenured faculty,
lips said.
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by Mary E. Macan
Battalion Reporter
Fancy the thought of sliding
into strawberry gelatin. Wiggly,
squishy, jiggly gelatin. Saturday
people will be sliding to raise
money for the Leukemia
Society.
Miller High Life, KTAW and
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity are
sponsoring the Great Gelatin
Jump, Robert Kline, project
chairman, says.
Kline said the gelatin jump
will operate on a sponsorship
basis. Anyone who raises money
through sponsors can partici
pate, he said. Sponsorship forms
are availiable at U-Tote’M con
venience stores.
The jump will be at Post Oak
Mall in College Station, he said.
Registration will begin at 1 1
a.m., and the jumping will start
at noon.
“Anyone interested in jump
ing in gelatin can come on out,"
he said. “It’s for a good cause."
Prizes will be awarded to the
persons who raise the most
money. The first 100 jumpers to
collect $25 will receive T-shirts,
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