, Columnist
Noise Makes People Unhappy, Cancer May Not
Human beings recover quickly, and they have an extraordinary ability to
adapt to adversity.
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For many assistant professors, the "tenure decision" is one of the most stressful of their lives. For years, they work to obtain a permanent position at a college or university to which they have become attached. If they don't get tenure, they will have to leave.
A question: When assistant professors are denied tenure, what happens to their happiness? As we will see, the answer has important implications for how we think about both individual lives and public policy.