The idea of giving new parents more time to fulfill tenure requirements has proved controversial among the rank and file, too.

To the Editor: Erich E. Kunhardt proposes that invention patenting be a tenure requirement for university professors.

"The tenure requirement should be abolished altogether," Lopez said last week.

This tenure requirement is based on the fact that PGK officers are still law enforcement officers and must have a thorough knowledge of department policies and procedures.

Universities must reward faculty who teach in public schools by counting such service as part of tenure requirements, instead of insisting primarily on research papers.

He was credited with intensifying tenure requirements and creating the Institute of Molecular Biology.

In 1948, the award was renamed the Scouter's Key Award and the tenure requirement was changed from five years of service to three years.

That said, Mr. O'Brien pointed out that the tenure requirement was under review and had been hotly debated for at least a dozen years.

France increased the tenure requirement for government workers to receive full pension benefits to 40 years of service.

In 1984, the Faculty Senate there approved a no-confidence vote against him in a dispute over a proposed change in tenure requirements.