Years to academic tenure

Data from Gamse and Conger (1997) measuring the number of years to receiving tenure in a sample of 260 semifinalists and fellowship recipients in the National Academy of Education–Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program who took an academic job after earning a doctorate. Academics were followed for up to nine years or until they received tenure.

Usage

tenure

Format

A person-level data frame with 260 rows and 3 columns:

id

Participant ID.

years

Number of years to receiving tenure.

censor

Censoring status.

Source

Gamse, B. C., & Conger, D. (1997). An evaluation of the Spencer post-doctoral dissertation program. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates.