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Is Tenure Still a Financial Asset? How Job Security, Human Capital, and the Economics of Tenure Are Changing
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“Tenure used to be a treasury bond.”
For decades, tenure offered academics something rare: a highly predictable source of income that could be treated almost like a financial asset. But as post tenure review expands, budgets tighten, and tenured faculty face layoffs, that assumption is becoming harder to justify.
In this episode, Inga Timmerman looks at tenure through a financial lens and asks what it is actually worth today. She explains why your future paycheck may be your biggest financial asset, how the risks surrounding tenure vary by state, institution, and academic…
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