<p>[Tenure</a> road rough for professors - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/05/16/21215/]Tenure”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/05/16/21215/)</p>
<p>When Jackie Latina ’08 came to Princeton, her struggle in departmental courses freshman year made her think twice about majoring in chemistry. Stefan Bernhard, who taught Latina in CHM 407: Inorganic Chemistry, changed all of that.</p>
<p>Her experience in Bernhard’s class was “pretty much the reason I decided to be a chemistry major,” she said. It is also the reason Latina was shocked in March when her mentor was denied tenure, a guaranteed lifetime position at the University as an associate and then, possibly, full professor.</p>
<p>Bernhard is not alone. In recent years, 60 to 70 percent of assistant professors who have come to Princeton did not become tenured faculty either because they did not receive an offer of tenure or declined the offer, Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin said in an e-mail.</p>
<p>Bernhard’s case sheds light on a greater debate about the University’s priorities in making tenure decisions and offers a glimpse into the intricacies of the process. The way that the University balances the roles of research and teaching when making decisions, the secrecy of the process and the potential for its reform have sparked disagreement among senior administration officials, professors, and graduate and undergraduate students alike.</p>
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<p>The tension between research and teaching is something that Princeton in particular struggles with. The full article delves into this issue and many others that affect the Princeton community.</p>