I mean, some profs just want to figure out molecular structures and prove theorems about prime numbers and stuff
Tenure is wasted on professors who don't speak their minds.
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Sure, but chemists and number theorists don't need tenure to do their work. Rolling contracts would suffice. The whole point of tenure is protection against outside society's intellectual and moral fads and witch-hunts. If unengaged with outside society, no need for tenure.
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I've got nothing against traditionalism or patient scholarship. But those are among the values that need the most protection in current academia.
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Tenure is meaningless for conservative professors who speak their minds. Isn't it?
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It's less protection than it used to be, for sure. I'm working on a new piece about this...
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Subsidized cowardice. Clearly institutional protection is not enough to overpower their fear of negative social pressure from their dear colleagues.
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I would have contracts out to the 10 year point and then tenure. 5 years of work for a lifetime job isn’t enough.
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sapere aude!
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