Tenure in the education system has and always will be attacked, a scapegoat for the true contributors to instructor ineptitude: personal incompetence and institutional failure. Responsible for freedom of thought and study, tenure has long allowed professors to go against the grain, publish the truth, and discover new (and not necessarily accepted) ideas. It was important in the past, it is important now, and it will be absolutely vital as we continue into the future.
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