Sentences with phrase «secure a tenured position»

So, I put off having children, planning to secure a tenured position and publish at least a dozen papers before a «career interruption.»

Generally, «[t] he preference and orientation of a high proportion of PhD candidates and doctorate holders is towards a career in academia, despite the extraordinary challenges involved in securing a tenured position.»

Not exact matches

In addition, teachers whose students» test scores are consistently low; those who have failed to secure their teaching certificates on time; those who haven't had a permanent position for six months or more; those who've faced department probes leading to substantiated allegations of misconduct; and those granted an extension regarding tenure could also be dismissed.

Even her tenure - track position wasn't secure, she says.

It wasn't until I had been a postdoc for several years, with two children and a third on the way, that I recognized the need to adopt a sound strategic approach to securing a tenured faculty position, particularly given my career breaks.

Every postdoc should realize they may not secure a plum tenure - track position.

The postdoc who wanted to secure a position on the ivory tower — but who found that tenure - track jobs are very difficult to land after 7 years in postdoc positions.

However, I was never able to secure a full - time tenure track position.

«How did Dr. Judith Curry ever end up securing tenure and with a position as the Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences?»

The fact that I have already established significant scientific credentials of the traditional variety, and have a tenured university position, and am within a few years of being able to afford to retire, gives me a relatively secure personal position (I also have a private sector company that provides additional income, but it is definitely not equivalent to my university income at this point).

Estimates are that less than 25 % of PhD students in Canada will secure full - time, tenure - stream research and teaching positions, prompting a growing angst among current and newly minted PhDs about their preparedness for life in a non-academic career.

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.