And they say fewer tenure track positions mean fewer people to work with students, create new courses and serve on committees.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

An assistant professor who receives tenure becomes an associate professor and may later be appointed a full professor.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

But they receive lower pay than those on the tenure track and have no job security.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

If tenure is denied, the person usually has a year to find another job.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Professors on the tenure track teach classes, advise students and carry out research.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

They are not on a tenure track. They are called adjuncts.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Assistant professors have five to seven years to get tenure.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

A professor with tenure cannot be easily dismissed.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Assistant professors do not have tenure.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

The pinnacle of Hooks' activism came in 1977, when he began his 15-year tenure as director of the NAACP.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

The drone strikes have really intensified under his tenure. He famously,after much deliberation, is increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

During his first tenure, Mr.Leterme was unable to overcome deep divisions between the nation's Flemish and French speaking communities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Tenure is limited to 30 years and, if the license is not renewed, then that plot is used again by someone else.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Parliament's tenure was extended by a year after it missed the May 2010 deadline for writing the constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

that 'we tried initially, during the first three years of Gorbachev's tenure, to improve the system accelerate it but keep it intact.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Last year,President Barack Obama backed Bernanke for a second term, and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs expressed optimism his tenure will be extended.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24