I understand why tenured professors who think that tenure is cheating prefer to shuffle around silently when tenure is in dispute.
It suggested that tenure committees become more flexible.
And, they say, that tenure has been ruinous.
To the Editor: Adjunct faculty members lack the protection of academic freedom that tenure guarantees.
The standards don't come right out and state that tenure must be offered, but that is strongly implied.
The new chancellor, Cathleen P. Black, has already signaled that tenure will remain one of the Education Department's targets.
Without the assurance that tenure has provided him, Professor Taylor might have been leery of writing this article.
He finished that tenure with a 130-93-1 record in the regular season and a 10-9 record in the playoffs.
See articleA judge in California decided that tenure rules which make it nearly impossible to sack bad teachers harm poor pupils and breach the state's constitution.
However, it is argued that tenure security is negatively affected by land redistribution.
