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This 3 page paper discusses tenure, and the Tennessee Tenure Laws, and argues that the system should remain in place. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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system that rewards incompetence and should be dismantled. This paper argues that tenure is necessary. Discussion There are many reasons for the creation of the tenure system, but
the two most important are probably that it makes the teaching profession attractive enough to draw top-notch talent; and to guarantee academic freedom to professors. Its easy to find
out what a society values: look where it puts its money. In the U.S., the entertainment industry, including sports, is far ahead of anything else. When we pay
a pro football player ten million dollars a year or some such, but balk at paying a college professor $30,000, theres something seriously wrong-and any pious claims that we love
our children and value education should be kicked to the curb like the trash they are. Since teachers pay is scandalously low and is likely to remain so, tenure
serves as a method of assuring some economic security in the field, thus making it a bit more attractive (Benjamin). "Non-tenure-track positions pay less than tenure-track and proliferate in
disciplines where an oversupply of candidates and an increasing proportion of women permit institutions to offer less advantageous terms of employment" (Benjamin). Tenure thus serves as a way to
insure that teachers are paid at least a living wage. Even more important, however, is the issue of academic freedom. College is the place to find out that not
everyone agrees with everyone else; indeed, the purpose of a university education is, in large part, to help students understand the myriad viewpoints and opinions extant. Professors are human
too, and they have strong opinions on controversial subjects. They should be free to challenge and disagree with pro-life students, or anti-war demonstrators, or argue the merits of fetal
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