[pmiller2]

Ok? I never said anything about PhDs. What I said was that people typically aren't hired in at the associate level. Those that are would typically be professors who have tenure at another institution, meaning that they're already at the associate level or higher. People who are denied tenure at their current institution and want to continue in academia would apply to an assistant professor job and negotiate a shortened tenure clock, meaning that they would be assessed for tenure in fewer than the standard 6 years that a brand new, never held a professorship of any type assistant professor would have.

Again, this is a lot of esoterica about the academic job market that not many people outside of those circles is going to know, so I don't blame anyone for not knowing it.

[LordAtlas]

Apologies. Meant to reply to someone else who claimed Ph.Ds were a requirement.