Posted on 10/19/2022 8:14:01 AM PDT by karpov
The concept of tenure is a contested one, to be sure. For some, it is a mere faculty entitlement, guaranteeing employment and further insulating professors from the practical realities of life. For others, it is a vital means of protecting the academy and securing the greatest degree of academic and intellectual freedom.
Yet, regardless of the arguments for or against tenure, it is commonly assumed that schools can no longer do without it. Upon the release of the AAUP’s “1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure,” the practice began rapidly to be incorporated into handbooks, contracts, and policy statements across the country. The arguments for tenure were clear enough: to safeguard academic freedom, promote stability, and protect teachers from those who would squelch their ideas. Soon, the notion of an indefinite appointment became the gold standard. It also became the brass ring for which young academics reached and the keep that seasoned faculty maneuvered to defend.
Tenure also created, however, a culture of unrealistic entitlement within the academy. Where in the broader world is there a guarantee of employment for life? Furthermore, the practice places a burden on institutions by limiting their ability to respond to institutional, financial, and personnel challenges.
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Tenure protects those who speak out against the woke insanity.
Of course they want to get rid of it.
tenure is what atheist professors need in order to feel comfortable preaching their foolery.
“For others, it is a vital means of protecting the academy and securing the greatest degree of academic and intellectual freedom.”
Hahahahahahahahaha... ad infinitum.
Tenure is expensive.
Visiting adjunct perfessers are not.
Nuff said.
Job security and tenure for life.
The rest of you can be fired without warning for any reason at any time.
A lot of the debate hinges on the concept of ‘academic freedom’, which is a falsehood.
You are only ‘free’ within a pre-defined boundary - whether it’s the cabal of socialist academia that decides who is worthy of tenure, or the ‘character of the institution’.
Choose your poison - it matters little what patron funds your career, you belong to that patron.
Thats totally true.
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