Hey what is tenyer/tenier? its like and american diploma or something, and whats the speling aswell thanx ;)?

Question

i hear it everywhere on tv and i just dont know what it is, i htink its something to do with scientists and like, proffessers in college but what is it?

Answer 1

It is called a tenure and a tenure is given to professors in universities when they become full time permanent part of the faculty.

So, in the beginning, if you only have a Master's degree and you apply to work at a university, you are called an instructor.

If you have a Ph.D. and you get hired as only a part timer, you are called a lecturer.

If you have a Ph.D. and you become full-time then we say that you are a full-tenured track faculty and now you are a professor.

Tenure is only for four year universities.  Junior colleges, two year colleges, only have instructors.  They can never have professors.  Mainly because they only require a Master's degree.  They don't require Ph.D's.  But if you have a Ph.D. you are still an instructor so you might be called Dr.something instead of Instructor something.

Answer 2

Tenure is a guarantee that you will continue working at the school until you either want to leave or you do something incredibly stupid. I think that the AAUP considers you to have tenure when you have taught (at the same or different schools) for 7 years. Not every school agrees, though. About the only thing a tenured professor can be fired for is "moral turpitude". This is facetiously defined as comitting rape under a street light, with three witnesses.

Answer 3

Tenure.

I believe it's the academic equivalent of an employment contract - being the head of a department or something.

Edit:

Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenure

Answer 4

Tenure. Its what college/uni teachers get. I think its like when you get a 'chair' at Uni in the UK. Basically you have a lot more security I think.