Sentences with phrase «for tenure track»

A job ad for a tenure track asst professor position might draw a few hundred applicants, at which point, even a strong applicant is really just entering a lottery — the competition to secure articling positions is starting to sound a little like this.

Successfully defending a university before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in an application asserting that a university discriminated based on age and place of origin in a job competition for a tenure track position.

For example, the majority of candidates are eliminated from consideration for tenure track positions at a major universities based on the names of the journals that have published their recent findings.

Other strategies that could stimulate women to stay in science are a) various forms of flexibility with federal - grant funding designed to accommodate women with young children keeping these women in the game; b) increasing the value of teaching, service, and administrative experience in the tenure / promotion evaluation process; c) providing on - campus childcare centres; d) supporting requests from partners for shared tenure lines that enable couples to better balance work and personal / caretaking roles; e) stopping the tenure clock for one year per child due to childbearing demands; f) providing fully - paid leave for giving birth for tenure track women for one semester; g) providing equal opportunity for women and men to lead committees and research groups.

In the spring of 2009, Anat Shahar, a geochemist, had just finished interviewing for tenure track jobs and was weighing two offers.

In contrast to the American model, the German Juniorprofessor has no option for tenure track.

She's someone who has been spectacular, worked at Smithsonian [Institution], hired for tenure track, all before 30.

Not exact matches

The presentation also called out Mick McGuire, Marcato's founder and head, for his «track record of losses in the boardroom,» citing his tenure on the boards of NCR, a consumer technology company, and Borders, the now defunct bookstore.

Though the mixed messages may not have been the last straw for Tillerson's tenure, his dovish approach in dealing with North Korea had reportedly derailed Trump's track to enact «maximum pressure» on the regime.

Some may wonder why adjuncts do not get a well - paying non-academic job while they search for a tenure - track position.

Competition for coveted tenure - track positions is high, and some universities have created a new emphasis on hiring adjunct professors.

I've been saying for six or seven years now (four of those spent adnitcnujg post-degree) that I could and should be looking for work outside of academia, but only after five rollercoaster years on the academic market and coming * this close * to landing a tenure - track position can I happily and healthily say I quit.

Torres is still a Houston Dynamo footballer, but he's been unable to get his tenure at the MLS club on the right track; he failed to score a single official goal for the Dynamo.

After teaching anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley as a Visiting Assistant Professor for two years, he accepted a tenure track position (in anthropology) at Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he was awarded an Endowed Chair, and remained for twenty years.

The omens for Vince Cable's return were good given his excellent track record of working hard for local people during his previous tenure as our MP as well as his national profile on business related matters.

The author of a coming book on political corruption, she is on track for tenure at Fordham early next year.

Directing a lab or holding a tenured track professorship isn't conducive to taking off two years to run for Congress.

Into the wild by Rachel Bernstein, 10 March 2015 After finding out that his early successes wouldn't land him the tenure - track position he desired, Ethan Perlstein felt like he was «in the wilderness» for about a year before he reinvented himself, first as an independent scientist and then as a biotech startup founder.

Today, tenure track positions are very difficult to come by for even the most brilliant of candidates.

He declined an offer to stay longer at Harvard because if «I had stayed in the U.S. on a tenure - track position for another 5 or 6 years, then... my whole life was going to be more stabilized and then it would be much more difficult to come back to Europe.»

For example, half the molecular geneticists with degrees granted between 2004 and 2007 work in the post-secondary education sector, 46 % of those women as research associates and 15 % as tenure - track faculty.

Witnessing a postdoc miraculously make up for a mediocre PhD experience by being awarded a tenure - track position isn't one of them.

Should I apply for tenure - track assistant professor jobs on my own?

Public universities now have two administrators for every tenure - track professor.

When she took maternity leave for her first child 2 months after starting a tenure - track position, she worried this might cause colleagues to have a negative impression of her and limit future opportunities, she says.

A woman applying for a tenure - track faculty position in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) at a U.S. university is twice as likely to be hired as an equally qualified man, if both candidates are highly qualified, according to a new study.

A recent posting for a tenure - track junior faculty position in my department attracted more than 200 applications, a frightening number in and of itself.

Since 1999, Jülich has offered a tenure - track programme for women scientists.

The results, though not surprising, offer a reminder that, with so many people vying for so few tenure - track faculty positions, «trainees need to do more self - analysis of where they are and what the realities are for them to potentially become a faculty member,» says study author Nathan Vanderford, an assistant professor of toxicology and cancer biology and assistant dean for academic development at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

«Not only do the big state universities have flat support from NIH; they also have a problem getting funds for more tenure - track positions.»

Tenure - track candidates are usually more than 75 % research and are expected to provide the majority of their salary and funding for their research laboratory from research grants.

As a result, it is commonplace for MD / PhD psychiatrists or neurologists to obtain fully independent, tenure - track assistant professorships — at the top universities in the country — within 4 or 5 years of their graduation from medical school.

«There is no rationale for why these people couldn't be put on the tenure track,» says Russell Kleinbach, who is secretary of the faculty and an associate professor of sociology.

Not many scientists have the audacity to change research directions in the early stages of their independent research career, and fewer still have the courage to leave a tenure - track position for a postdoc.

A new study reports that, when faculty members rated hypothetical candidates for a tenure - track faculty position, a highly qualified woman is twice as likely to be hired as an equally qualified man.

Let's start with a definitive list of best practices for getting started on the tenure track.

From my perspective, the only drawback of the team - track role was that, unlike for a tenure - track job, there were no university funds protected for my position.

The tenure track is intended for physician - scientists conducting investigator - initiated research, affording adequate protected time and resources to develop an independently funded research program.

Findings from a study by Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research in Palo Alto, California, which surveyed 1222 partnered tenured and tenure - track faculty respondents (910 men and 312 women), indicates why the division of domestic labor matters — especially for women.

Research shows that in many disciplines, only a relative handful of programs in each field produce a large proportion of the Ph.D. recipients eventually hired for tenure - track positions.

It was the beginning of an odyssey that has seen the birth of three children, a tenure - track job for Elhai at Florida International University, a monthly airline commute to Boston for Chiu's postdoc, and now a shared laboratory at the University of Richmond, where Elhai teaches.

With the small number of tenure - track faculty positions available and the large number of Ph.D. holders in career limbo, many are advocating for increased numbers of staff scientist positions.

These days, budget - conscious universities often hire nontrack employees rather than tenure - track faculty to fill openings, making VanderPlas's hoped - for new tenure lines unlikely to appear any time soon.

«Most universities don't understand what tenure track is,» and his experience suggests that their leaders don't necessarily see the need for change.

The top - ranked department, at Harvard University, «successfully placed 239 political scientists at 75 institutions,» and the top four — Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford University, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — have together placed 616 professors, which accounts for «roughly twenty percent of the total tenure - track lines in the discipline at research - intensive programs.»

If, as seems to be the case, a fraction of scarce tenure - track faculty jobs go to «postdocs» who already have funding, then institutions that don't allow postdocs to apply for grants put their postdocs at a disadvantage.

Since 2006, I have applied for 35 tenure - track faculty positions, worked as a professor at two institutions — both primarily undergraduate institutions — and served on numerous faculty search committees.

When applying for grants in his early 70s, Falkow designated two tenure - track colleagues as co — principal investigators.

A statement confirming that if things go well (for you and your institution) your position, conceivably, could be converted to tenure - track, would be very useful.

What is needed, he said, is to create new career opportunities on a «professional track» for nonfaculty university researchers who would receive adequate compensation and routes for advancement without the necessity of a tenure - track job.