Two fundamental confusions over tenure and academic freedom
Two stories this morning Inside Higher Ed highlight basic confusions many have about tenure and academic freedom, respectively. Tenure protects miscreants. Wharton emeritus L. Scott Ward was finally fired after a third arrest for pedophilia-related charges. Over several Penn administrations, Ward had been untouched. Uh, er, not fired. We don’t know whether there was any […]
Charles Miller’s colloquy on CHE: dodging the market debate
Charles Miller appeared for a Chronicle of Higher Ed live chat about the Spellings Commission, and there were three–not just the one asked by me, but three–questions about markets and higher education. Here are his responses, with my annotations in brackets: That’s a very broad and important question and deserves a better answer than I […]