RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Perceptions of Tenure and Tenure Reform in Academic Pharmacy
JF American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
JO Am J Pharm Educ
FD American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
SP 75
DO 10.5688/ajpe78475
VO 78
IS 4
A1 Jill A. Pfeiffenberger
A1 Denise H. Rhoney
A1 Stephen J. Cutler
A1 Marcos A. Oliveira
A1 Karen L. Whalen
A1 Rajan Radhakrishnan
A1 Ronald P. Jordan
YR 2014
UL http://www.ajpe.org/content/78/4/75.abstract
AB Objectives. To determine the academic pharmacy community’s perceptions of and recommendations for tenure and tenure reform.Methods. A survey instrument was administered via either a live interview or an online survey instrument to selected members of the US academic pharmacy community.Results. The majority of respondents felt that tenure in academic pharmacy was doing what it was intended to do, which is to provide academic freedom and allow for innovation (59.6%). Respondents raised concern over the need for faculty mentoring before and after achieving tenure, whether tenure adequately recognized service, and that tenure was not the best standard for recognition and achievement. The majority (63%) agreed that tenure reform was needed in academic pharmacy, with the most prevalent recommendation being to implement post-tenure reviews. Some disparities in opinions of tenure reform were seen in the subgroup analyses of clinical science vs basic science faculty members, public vs private institutions, and administrators vs nonadministrators.Conclusions. The majority of respondents want to see tenure reformed in academic pharmacy.