The phrase "achieving tenure" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in academic contexts to refer to the process of obtaining a permanent position, usually as a professor, after meeting certain criteria.
Example: "After years of hard work and dedication, she finally celebrated achieving tenure at the university."
Alternatives: "securing tenure" or "gaining tenure".
Furthermore, professors' prospects of achieving tenure at their own institutions or of being headhunted by others are themselves linked to their publication in journals.
He then rose through the ranks at Pennsylvania State University, achieving tenure and serving a five-year term as associate vice president for research and director of strategic initiatives.
In contrast, single women without young children are roughly as successful as married men with children in attaining a tenure-track job, and a little more successful than married women with children in achieving tenure.
At a bucolic college like Williams, where a professor's adorable offspring seem almost as important a prerequisite to her achieving tenure as is her publishing, it comes as no surprise to learn that Ms Gehring is the mother of two apparently perfect young children.
With regard to Foreign Service officers, primary attention shall be given to training for career candidate officers and for midcareer officers, both after achieving tenure and as they approach eligibility for entry to the Senior Foreign Service, to enhance and broaden their qualifications for more senior levels of responsibility in the Service.
These journals can be key to achieving tenure or building up a strong academic reputation.
The ultimate achievement for a US academic is to achieve tenure, which means you can never lose your job without just cause.
Faculty members find it more acceptable to have children before they achieve tenure.
The main aim of an academic is to achieve tenure; getting the same job for life.
A few months later, his employers did not renew his contract and said he would not achieve tenure.
Albert Backen, who has failed to achieve tenure, is the next to arrive and he is followed by Feist.
