Serious question: If the whole point of tenure, historically, was to protect professors who express controversial views, why do so few tenured professors today express controversial views? What are some specific reasons? (I'm working on an article about this.)
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Have you ever been on a promotion and tenure committee? Do you even know what the requirements are for promotion or are you just making it up.
I've been on plenty of P&T decisions and committees. Assessments of 'collegiality' often smuggle in a lot of judgments about 'are they a team player? will they be 'reliable'? will they embarrass the university?'
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And social norms reinforce no-boat-rocking once post-tenure. Tenure protects your job, but not consequences of controversial speech. Saw one case where a Full Prof was moved to another school due to ostracism from faculty.
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