[dragnet2]

I have heard of tenure all of my life, but I really don’t understand it.

Those in the private sector don't get tenure.

It's for government employees, where if they are accepted by their other entrenched government employee co-workers, they give them this thing called "tenure"...

Which means they have a job for life in most cases, with lottery style retirement benefits.

[Kirkwood]

“Those in the private sector don’t get tenure. “

No. Private universities also use tenure. It is a class system traditionally designed to keep the “best” faculty at the school.

[La Enchiladita]

I know what it is, having worked in universities and community colleges, but I never understood it as an entitlement. It’s comparable with Congress giving itself pay raises. Anyway, most of the Ph.D.s I worked for were dumber than doorknobs.

[El Gato]

Those in the private sector don't get tenure.

Those at private colleges and universities do. Same system, pretty much, as in the public colleges and universities.