The author begins by asserting that tenure does have a future, even though cultural and economic trends in American higher education have brought it to near annihilation in the past decade. She is sorry to say that it has survived these trends for one troubling reason--tenure is the ultimate employment perk for very successful members of the…

College students' developmental stages affect their capacities to comprehend and absorb difficult texts and moral problems embedded in them, and faculty should teach accordingly. Interpersonal subjective transactions between teacher and student, the latter of whose identity is in flux, can result in transformations for both. (Author/MSE)

Arguments are made for and against tenure. On the side of tenure, it is proposed that faculty must have the freedom to explore new areas of inquiry, and that tenure helps secure that freedom. In opposition, it is argued that reform of the overwhelmingly white, male academic labor market cannot occur while tenure policies persist. (MSE)

Rather than turning away from faculty governance, colleges and universities need to renew commitment to faculty who can teach, keep up research, and attend to running their institutions. As attrition diminishes the power of senior faculty, the new managerial class generates authority structures that make faculty governance irrelevant. Young…

A college president emeritus and association official, a corporate officer, a faculty professional association officer, and a governing board chairman offer insights on how college boards, administrators, and faculty can change the ways decisions are made on campus. Topics discussed include use of deadlines, clarifying roles and responsibilities,…