Tag: academic freedom
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Tenure protects bad teachers more than free speech
Tenure was designed to protect academic freedom, but in K-12 and parts of higher education it now mostly insulates underperformers from accountability.
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Tenure is the only thing keeping universities from becoming corporations
Tenure is criticized from every direction, but it remains the structural feature that keeps universities from operating purely as market entities.
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Campus free speech is in worse shape than activists on either side admit
Campus speech debates are louder than ever, but the actual climate on college campuses is more troubled than partisans on either side want to acknowledge.