Why I am Against Tenure

Tenure is usually regarded as the best protection for academic freedom. Once you have tenure in a university or college you are able, or so the theory goes, to express controversial views without hindrance, fear of dismissal, or harassment by the powers that be. No matter what you write or say, you’ll still have a job. Now we all know that bomb-proof protection is a fiction, since there is always at least one item that can cancel tenure – high treason comes to mind and I am sure you can add othe