Files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED453152. Should teachers get tenure? The Truth About Tenure in Higher Education. Published by the Higher Education Departments of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.
You may well have heard about attacks on tenure and college faculty. After all, people write books and get quoted in the press grinding this ax. The argument is not hard to believe, either; we've all seen people in authority, private and public, who care more about protecting themselves than serving their customers. You may have memories of a teacher who didn't seem to keep up with his or her subject or care very much about his or her students.
But there's a big problem with the negative polemics about tenure: They are not true. Teachertenure.procon.org/sourcefiles/teacher-tenure-illinois-school-board-presidents-perspectives-and-suggestions-for-improvement.pdf.