Great congrats, Faroq Kperogi.
To appreciate the magnitude of this achievement, one needs to understand that a permanent job, which tenure in the US is , for an academic in the US is not automatic, and that some do not get to that level.Tenure
'In the United States and Canada, tenure is a contractual right that grants teacher or professor permanent position or employment. It is given as a legal protection against summary dismissal without just cause. Tenure encourages the development of ideas and thoughts, even if they are not popular among the community. Tenure is granted to professors and teachers who prove to be exceptionally productive in their careers.
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In addition, the US academic system, particularly in the humanities, is described by some as facing serious challenges, with universities relying heavily on part time teachers and graduate students.'In North American universities and colleges, the tenure track has long been a defining feature of professorial employment, although it is less than universal. In North American universities, positions that carry tenure, or the opportunity to attain tenure, have grown more slowly than non-tenure-track positions, leading to a large "academic underclass".For example, most US universities currently supplement the work of tenured professors with the services of non-tenured adjunct professors, academics who teach classes for lower wages and fewer employment benefits under relatively short-term contracts. For those that are tenure track, it generally takes about seven years to earn tenure while working as an assistant professor. Tenure is determined by a combination of research, teaching, and service, with each factor weighted according to the values of a particular university, college or department. There is some evidence that professors that share more (e.g. via open access publications, open data, or open source hardware development) gain an advantage in obtaining tenure because they are cited more and can thus develop a higher h-index.[9] This competition for limited resources could lead to ethically questionable behavior.'
On 14 March 2016 at 15:46, Moses Ebe Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com> wrote:
It gives me great pleasure to announce to our USAfrica dialogue family that one of us, Dr. Farooq Kperogi of Kennessaw State University, USA, has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure.--Dr. Kperogi did it in record time too, coming up for early tenure and marching smoothly into that exclusive club of those with secured lifetime appointments, a process that is usually a minefield of complications.Please join me in congratulating Dr. Kperogi on this accomplishment, and for making us very proud.
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