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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe this will happen in more states. Great! Tenure protects ineffective and lazy professors. [/quote] Do you know how hard it is to a) get a tenure track job? b) earn tenure? Once you've completed a PhD (avg. 6 years) post-doc (2 years) gotten a tenure track position (maybe 1 -2 years visiting prof before you get it) you have to be an excellent teacher and a producer of research that is valued in the field and are judged at the 6 year point whether you get tenure. So basically, tenure comes in after 16 years of committing to the field. They are not lazy people.[/quote] And in years 17 - 35, once tenure is secured, they spend the rest of their career avoiding the classroom, resting on their laurels, trying to get away with teaching one class a week. They aren’t lazy during the pursuit and acquisition of tenure. They are lazy after.[/quote]
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