tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post6365976777592407922..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Argument Against TenureJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-59747884621580490192010-08-16T16:39:46.152-04:002010-08-16T16:39:46.152-04:00Well, in this country professors, even those at st...Well, in this country professors, even those at state schools, likely won't become "regular civil service employees."<br /><br />The main argument for tenure, it seems to me, is it protects professors from would-be reforming university administrations. Since change is usually bad, and since the changes reforming administrators propose are usually based on blinkered ideologies of one sort or another, and since the outcome of administrative change, regardless of the ideology, is always to increase the power of administrators, I think that's a pretty good argument for tenure. It gives the forces opposed to reforming administrators a strong base from which to resist them.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com