Hello Louis and TIPS, ��������� I think that tenure, like practically anything else, has at least two edges.� Certainly it can lead to uniformity (before one is tenured, at least) and certainly some people can choose to coast afterward. ��������� On the other hand, I see it as one of the trade-offs for the fact that the profession pays pretty poorly.� We're pretty smart people, despite our flaws, and we could probably make a lot more money elsewhere, doing other things.� Choosing this career won't make us rich, but it has an offer of job security that one rarely finds elsewhere, and that type of peace of mind has a certain amount of value in my world.� ��������� I find the argument that tenure dampens creativity to be tenable only before tenure is bestowed, if even then.� Having tenure allows one to be very creative and to follow one's ideas in research and teaching.� If there are pressures toward uniformity before tenure, it is difficult to see them becoming less important if tenure wasn't part of the system.� I know that many of our colleagues on this list function on one- or multi-year contracts.� I would like to hear from them regarding whether they see that system as promoting more creativity or better teaching than one involving tenure.
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