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Most college instructors in the US today don't, either, and aren't in positions that will ever be eligible for it. That's the point.
by Steuard 8y ago
Most college instructors in the US today don't, either, and aren't in positions that will ever be eligible for it. That's the point.
- opportune 8y agoWhy do instructors deserve tenure?
- rosser 8y agoThe theory, as I understand it, is that without tenure or a mechanism like it people might not feel empowered to research controversial subjects, or draw conclusions which challenge conventions, for example.
- opportune 8y agoWhat I was implying was that instructors =/= professor. Don't really think adjuncts need tenure any more than public school teachers (though I know some public school teachers in certain districts can get "tenure")
- Steuard 8y agoThe point of the article, as I read it, is that 50 years ago there basically weren't instructors: very few college/university classes were taught by anyone other than (tenured or tenure-track) professors. That model has been increasingly abandoned in recent years: "we discard[ed] the idea of college faculty". If there ever was a reason that university teachers deserved tenure, that reason has eroded or been outright cast aside over the past few decades. The author of the article thinks that's a bad thing, and I tend to agree.