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The promise of tenure is the carrot that feeds expectations that can only be met by talent and hard work. ... and luck. Many talented and hard working people d
by theorique 14y ago
The promise of tenure is the carrot that feeds expectations that can only be met by talent and hard work.
... and luck. Many talented and hard working people don't get tenure.
- CognitiveLens 14y agoThis is deeply true, and one of the major underlying problems is that the shift toward non-tenure-track teaching positions is much more about cost cutting than it is about providing teaching opportunities to those who just weren't talented or hard-working enough to make tenure. It's a racket.
- pasbesoin 14y agoIt's not just tenure, it's benefits. Many institutions are keeping junior staff part-time. Not only is the pay worse; you get no benefits. This is not a recipe for social stability, e.g. enabling staff to raise families, etc. When the system goes this far, I'm sorry, but I have no other word for it than "exploitative". (This is without delving into the topic of student debt, etc.) P.S. And many people spend an inordinate amount of time commuting between multiple part-time instruction gigs.