Tenure standards in political science departments: Results from a survey of department chairs

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-519

  Rothgeb Jr , John M ^a   Burger, Betsy ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68349120214     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096509090829     Document Type: Article

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