tenure

Admins implement new tenure review system

The new system does away with the long-standing process of forming a special committee for each case, increasing efficiency but reducing the specialized nature of the process that determines which professors get tenure.

By Henry Willson | Oct 7 01:31 am ET

With five more years, Bollinger at crossroads

As the focus of the University shifts, to some it appears that Bollinger is able to shift alongside it with ease.

By Alix Pianin | Oct 27 04:29 am ET

Columbia hiring on the decline

The economic crisis has steepened a decline in tenure cases evaluated from year to year, as well as outside faculty recruitment, administrators said.

By Madina Toure | Apr 8 02:57 am ET

Professors protest Massad's tenure

Fourteen Columbia professors protested the tenure of Middle East and Asian Language and Cultures professor Joseph Massad in a July letter, and plans may be in the works for the unhappy faculty members to take up the matter in person with newly-minted Provost Claude Steele.

By Alix Pianin | Sep 22 07:25 pm ET

The persistence of the Massad question

Massad, whose work hovers among frightening, prejudiced, and blatantly offensive, will continue to shape the minds of Columbia undergraduates indefinitely.

By David Myers | Sep 14 06:45 pm ET

Administration quiet about Massad

Middle East and Asian languages and cultures professor Joseph Massad is said to have been granted tenure earlier this summer, though mum’s still the word from the University about the status of his employment.

By Kim Kirschenbaum and Alix Pianin | Sep 8 07:20 pm ET

Reported rumors suggest Massad will be tenured

Reported rumors have spread that Middle East and Asian languages and cultures professor Joseph Massad will be granted tenure.

By Betsy Morais | Apr 9 08:42 pm ET

Research Fund for Barnard Professors May Launch by Spring

For Barnard professors struggling to find research funds, help might be just around the corner.

By Sam Levin | Nov 17 07:31 pm ET

Columbia, Barnard, and Me

“You’ll never get tenure here at Columbia.” Those were the words of my department chair. He wasn’t being unkind. He simply didn’t want me to harbor any false expectations.

By Randall Balmer | Sep 30 10:56 pm ET

The Massad Tenure Battle: Year Two

At first glance, the Joseph Massad tenure battle looks like one of the most civil academic controversies ever to engulf Columbia’s Middle Eastern studies community.

By Armin Rosen | Sep 18 11:49 pm ET

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