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a la izquierda

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9. Tenure means I can teach US involvement in Latin America...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 10:09 AM

Jun 2015

during the Cold War in a state like West Virginia without fear of pissing someone off and losing my job (I get student evaluations that say things like "she's a commie, blah, blah, blah&quot . Luckily, the Koch brothers don't seem interested in investing in our College of Arts and Sciences, so I'm not in too much danger anyway (they only invested in our Business school, where the profs make close to $200K while liberal arts professors hover in the mid-$50s)...but I digress.

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Since when did tenure become a liberal icon?? [View all] a kennedy Jun 2015 OP

I guess they're emblematic of job security, which most people love, but which is hated by plutocrats Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #1

Beat me to it. malthaussen Jun 2015 #2

The righties have hated higher ed since the 60's, at least n2doc Jun 2015 #3

Tenure's just a smokescreen consistent with the other anti-job security moves. The target is... Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2015 #4

With a smidgen of anti-reality bias thrown in. Orsino Jun 2015 #8

Tenure is always "the problem" when it's in the way. Igel Jun 2015 #5

When the other side became the Party of Not Knowing Stuff. Orsino Jun 2015 #6

It's an anti-union thing, but also, professors who have tenure can say things gollygee Jun 2015 #7

Tenure means I can teach US involvement in Latin America... a la izquierda Jun 2015 #9

Hoping I can get a few, just a few, more responses to this d*mn daimportant topic..... a kennedy Jun 2015 #10