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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

It feels very much like they wanted to try and cite financial reasons for not giving certain people tenure and instead giving them a multi-year contract

Screenshot of article that reads: Trustee Marty Kotis also expressed concern in his own email over the long-term costs of tenuring professors given the university’s current financial situation. But Kotis has “consistently opposed tenure since 2014,” saying, “I find it difficult to believe university professors uniquely require lifetime job security comparable to positions held by the Pope or Federal Judges.” Academic freedom advocates say tenure protects that right. But Kotis wrote that “we can preserve academic freedom through renewable contracts and robust performance reviews.”
jun 4, 2025, 5:20 pm • 15 2

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Beyond the silly parts of "class demand" metrics (e.g., people who only teach grad students get totally screwed), if you really do this the humanities should be tenured first! Not health affairs.

jun 4, 2025, 6:15 pm • 13 0 • view
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Randolph Scully @randolphscully.bsky.social

Nothing says "academic freedom" like "renewable contracts" and "robust performance reviews"! Up is down, war is peace, &c.

jun 4, 2025, 7:08 pm • 3 0 • view