Nationally, about 2 percent of tenured faculty are dismissed in a typical year. If it is difficult --- purposely difficult --- to fire a tenured professor, it's also very hard to become one. The probationary period averages three years for community colleges and seven years at four-year colleges.
Learn about the breed. The Russian Blue is a type of purebred or pedigree cat. The origins of the breed are unknown, but it is believed they originated in the Archangel Islands in North Russia. The weather there is extremely harsh in winter, which is why the Russian Blue developed such a thick, plush coat for insulation.
Despite his name, the Abyâs ancestors didnât hail from Ethiopia, once known as Abyssiniaâitâs believed that they lived along the Indian Ocean coastline and sections of Southeast Asia. The confident and alert Abyssinian is thought to be one of the oldest cat breeds.