U trims budget, tenure-track faculty - Conor Shine and Brad Perlich, MN Daily

Robert Edsall is like most other professors in the University of Minnesota Department of Geography. He teaches two classes a semester. He does research — his involves cartography and the use of interactive maps. But at the end of next year, Edsall may find himself looking for a new job. Although Edsall is a professor at the University, he is not on the tenure track, and his three-year contract will expire at the end of the 2010-11 school year. There’s no guarantee he will be rehired by the University. “The uncertainty is always over my head,” he said. Edsall is part of a University-wide shift away from tenured and tenure-track faculty.