Tenure's relevance waning

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Some medical schools are reevaluating their tenure programs or finding other ways to reward talented faculty. For example, hospital- or clinic-based medical schools often do not have tenured faculty, but pay faculty a small salary and expect them to make up the rest of their income with their practice. These schools generally do not require faculty to do research. Tenure was originally created to safeguard the jobs of humanities professors with controversial views, and involves substantial financial commitment and risk to the university that offers it.

Human resource management, Compensation and benefits, College teachers, College faculty, Medical colleges, Medical schools, Medical school faculty, Medical teaching personnel, Teacher tenure

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More students clamoring for medical careers

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Applications for medical colleges have risen, perhaps because college students believe a medical degree guarantees financial security. Basing their prediction on the number of requests to take the Medical College Admissions Test, the Assn of American Medical Colleges expects a record number of applicants for the 1993-94 school year. The number of applicants started falling in 1974 and reached a low in 1988 of 1.6 applicants for each medical college vacancy.

Forecasts and trends, Supply and demand, Medical students, Association of American Medical Colleges

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