According to Newsweek, teacher tenure - the fact that most teachers get lifetime tenure after a few years in the classroom - is the problem; eliminating it is the solution.
The members of the department of a tenure candidate have the opportunity to observe the functioning of a tenure-track professor a few years before proposing tenure to the tenure committee, which then only has the duty to see to it that the quality standards in research and teaching are fulfilled.
But Mr. Johnson's tenure lasted only a few hours and Mr. Rogers was announced as the new chief, spawning regulatory investigations and uncertainty on Wall Street.
On Wednesday, the museum announced his resignation three years into a five-year contract, after a tenure that included a few well-attended, critically praised exhibitions but that was marked by staff defections, budget problems and accusations that Mr. Deitch had neither the ability nor the desire to run a large public institution.
Since taking over in January, Mr. Was has rekindled the label's affiliations with the revered saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who made a run of classic Blue Note albums in the 1960s, and the trumpeter Terence Blanchard, whose tenure had ended a few years ago.
Drawing from his august tenure, he shares a few opening night experiences in the unmistakeable tones of a fan expressing unceasing fascination.
Toward the end of his tenure at USC, a few observers (myself included) didn't think it made sense for Carroll to leave because NFL head coaches tend to have less control than their college counterparts.
When you're denied tenure anywhere but at a few elite institutions, it's virtually impossible to get another tenure-track job.
One of the most fascinating and ignored facets of Torre's tenure as manager occurred a few days after Steinbrenner hired him.
There is a new mentality at Perth since Edwards took charge last season, and the fall-out is not dissimilar to Ange Postecoglou's early tenure at Brisbane Roar a few years back.
