Other nations are starting to embrace the tenure system

摘要

Tenure has not traditionally been the norm in Europe, which has followed more of a civil-servant model. But a handful of universities are creating tenure-track systems akin to those used in the United States. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is perhaps the most well established. First introduced ten years ago, the EPFL tenure-track programme now includes 100 faculty members and has a success rate of 75%, which is more stringent than many US universities. "The competition is very steep," says EPFL president Patrick Aebischer.