Is Tenure the Root of All Evil?

George Leef

No, but it's responsible for much that is wrong in higher education, argues Naomi Schaefer Riley in her recent book The Faculty Lounges. In today's Pope Center piece, Duke Cheston reviews the book. He agrees with the author's conclusion that tenure has high costs but does little to uphold academic freedom, its principal justification.

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