>It ensures academic freedom. Perhaps it used to, however a tenured professor can easily be "cancelled" today if their academic research or writing strays too

>It ensures academic freedom. Perhaps it used to, however a tenured professor can easily be "cancelled" today if their academic research or writing strays too far from home base. Frankly, I am not sure it ever did. It seems like it might have always been used more as a threat (by retraction) than anything else.