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by utopcell 63 days ago
> In 1955, he was promoted to tenured associate professor. In December 1957, Asimov was dismissed from his teaching post, with effect from June 30, 1958, due to his lack of research.

I thought the whole point of getting tenure is that you can't get fired.

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I was puzzled too. Maybe there is (or was) a probationary period?