Hello beckyo~
Here are the top seven arguements given by teachers, teachers
organizations, and schools for the employment of tenure:
1. ?Tenure protects the teacher from unwarranted and wanton dismissal
for doing unpopular things such as failing influential students,
becoming a whistleblower?Most teaching situations have almost
immediate dismissal for cause such as child abuse, theft, and
conviction of major crimes as well as teaching incompetence.
Therefore, the public should have little concern about teachers having
tenure.? (?Why Teachers Need Tenure,? by Stewart E Brekke,
Teachers.net: http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/brekke.html )
2. ?Remember the story of Adele Jones? She's the Delaware math teacher
who was fired for ?incompetence? because the school board said she had
flunked "too many" students. (The kids said she was a good teacher,
and if they flunked it was because they hadn't done the work.)
Ultimately, Adele Jones got her job back--because of tenure.? (?The
Push Against Tenure,? Albert Shanker, AFT:
http://www.aft.org/stand/previous/1996/072896.html )
3. Tenure ?codifies a permanent, professional relationship between
faculty members and their institutional employers, rewarding those who
fulfill the terms of their probation.? (?Tenure: Why the Faculty, and
the Nation, Need It,? by Henry Lee Allen; pdf at:
http://www.nea.org/he/heta00/f00p95.pdf )
4. Tenure ?has been one way of attracting top students to academic
careers, and ?if you take that away we will lose some measure of our
competitiveness.?? (?The Tenure Debate,?
http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/kiosk/9.25text/tenure.html )
5. Tenure help makes up for lower salaries. ?We have in American
faculties a group of very talented people, creative people, who have
agreed tacitly to accept a compensation level well below what
comparably creative people receive. One of the reasons is the
stability? of tenure. (?The Tenure Debate,?
http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/kiosk/9.25text/tenure.html )
6. ?There are many examples of ideas, inventions, and basic research
that at one time were seen as esoteric, academic, and devoid of any
relevance to society but later became absolutely central to society
and to our lives. History also provides countless examples of ideas
that at first were part of unorthodox thinking prevailing eventually
over established opinions. Predictions being fallible, society or
academic units themselves must not censor creative and critical
inquiry. Every professorial faculty member needs to be free to pursue
a particular line of research even if it does not follow the current
bandwagon.? Tenure helps ensure that academics can explore areas
without ?following the bandwagon.? (?Preserve The Roles Of Tenure,
Teaching, And Research,? The Scientist [free registration required to
read article]: http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1998/may/opin_980511.html
7. ?Tenure helps maintain academic quality by establishing a set of
high standards that must be met for continued employment. Standards
for ongoing contract renewals are typically less stringent.?
(?American Mathematical Society Policy Statement on Tenure,?
http://www.ams.org/secretary/tenure.html )
Regards,
Kriswrite
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