tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post2118576800943565883..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: FA: Imposed terms would destroy tenureDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-9286720716362961592011-04-30T09:24:37.091-05:002011-04-30T09:24:37.091-05:00We faculty need to do a much better job of explain...We faculty need to do a much better job of explaining tenure to the public. The example of the faculty member in CASA who testified before Congress about Toyota is a case in point. He could not have said what he did without tenure.<br /><br />Most examples aren't as obvious. Tenure does not just protect individuals but intellectual traditions. This is why it is important that it be hard to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-50564949596734839852011-04-27T07:04:21.825-05:002011-04-27T07:04:21.825-05:00Search committees? I wish. The only searches we&...Search committees? I wish. The only searches we've got lately were completely outside the normal process, basically making them administrative approval searches. There is a lot more at stake here than just tenure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-33932867245792107982011-04-26T06:50:46.347-05:002011-04-26T06:50:46.347-05:00I hope search committees for tenure-track position...I hope <a href="http://affact.siuc.edu/cola614.html" rel="nofollow">search</a> <a href="http://affact.siuc.edu/asa357.html" rel="nofollow">committees</a> for <a href="http://affact.siuc.edu/coe657.html" rel="nofollow">tenure-track</a> <a href="http://affact.siuc.edu/cos271.html" rel="nofollow">positions</a> here make it clear to anyone who interviews for a job that tenure here does not have the paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.com