The decision for tenure is a critique of a person's entire life's work within a field. As such, many of those in the process take it as an objective value of t

The decision for tenure is a critique of a person's entire life's work within a field. As such, many of those in the process take it as an objective value of their life's worth. It is not much of a surprise then that the decision to deny tenure always leads to crying, outbursts, resignation, and often lawsuits.