[Nonstatist]

so now you understand the concept of tenure.

No , it's meant to insulate slackers from the forces of the marketplace.

Why should 60 yr old has-been "proffessors" be allowed to hand off their teaching duties to foreign TA's while they tool around campus fishing for young coeds and expanding on their useless irrelevant "social theories" and related brickbat, all on the nickel ofthe poor parent who incidentally might be putting out 40 K a yr for a questionable "credential"

Theres several things that can be done to "fix" the college campus, but I say we start with forcing teachers to survive in a competitive environment, like much of the rest of us.

BTW, tenure probably will go eventually. Just not soon enough to get rid of that execrable moron, Noam Chomsky, expert on society and politics and government and every dam* thing you could possibly think of.

[gfactor]

Theres several things that can be done to "fix" the college campus, but I say we start with forcing teachers to survive in a competitive environment, like much of the rest of us.

Well there's publish or perish. But something tells me you're not in academe, or have only been reading about it. Its probably just as corrupt as corporate america.

all on the nickel ofthe poor parent who incidentally might be putting out 40 K a yr for a questionable "credential"

40K a yr for a questionable credential? these people need some "market adjustment". those parents are just plain stupid.