Accounting Faculty Opinions on Post-Tenure Review

Abstract

Tenure has been cherished in academia for a long time. However, factors such as decreasing budgets and increasing demands for faculty accountability have resulted in many colleges/universities implementing post-tenure review policies. This paper examines accounting faculty opinions on post-tenure review. A national survey was conducted to determine opinions on possible consequences of post-tenure review as well as support for several policies currently in place in many colleges/universities and the likelihood of implementing these policies in the respondents' institutions. Possible advantages of post-tenure review such as improved performance and possible disadvantages such as loss of academic freedom were not substantiated in this study. Results revealed significant differences in opinion on post-tenure reviews based on many factors such as rank, tenure status, experience and size of the institution.