For US tenure to survive, academics must take peer reviewing seriously

Athens, Georgia - August 27, 2021 A student wearing a protective face mask walks through the Arch at the entrance to the University of Georgia's historic North Campus.

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#1 Submitted by msl_csp on April 22, 2022 - 10:22am

I realise that THE is international but for the majority of readers this will be hard to understand. Most of us are outside the US system and operate in ways that are nothing like what is described since tenure as in the US does not apply to us. It would be useful to have some context here rather than assuming that we all know the history and details of the US system.

For US tenure to survive, academics must take peer reviewing seriously

Too many reviewers ignore their duty to independently review materials and instead rely on the candidate’s narrative, says Richard Utz

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