What are the policy and/or practices of hiring faculty with tenure?
A. Yes to Hiring with Tenure Twenty institutions (59%) had a policy or practice of hiring faculty with tenure. Five institutions limited this to full professors, five for endowed chairs, and 10 for associate professor and above. Generally, these candidates were reviewed by the home department and made recommendations to the dean. In some cases, the institution level T&P committee made the recommendation to Dean and Provost. In all cases, the recommendations followed normal approval/recommendation process (Dean, Provost, President, and Board). No to Hiring with Tenure Fourteen institutions (41%) had no policy or did not allow hiring faculty with tenure. In some of these institutions, if candidates had previously earned tenure, then they would have to have residency for one (three institutions) or two (five institutions) years before being evaluated for T and or Promotion (some were hired at the Associate Rank). No Policy Eleven schools that had no policy or did not allow hiring faculty
