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A recent study, the first of its kind, just found that at 10 research universities, roughly 53% of faculty receive tenure within seven years. The number for women is less — 48%. The number isn’t startling, it’s about what I expected and the range across the ten schools goes from 33% to 67%, less *of course* for women. Of course.

The question is what to do with this information. What does this mean for me? Do I ignore it? Do I work harder as a result? Do I try to figure out if that means I need to work harder or, as the saying goes, smarter. What would that be anyway? Right now I think that means I ruminate. I am moving into year two, teaching hard and sprinting into what is really a cross country race. I need to find my pace, set my step.

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