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The simple arithmetic of tenure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

Don C. Donderi*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
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Abstract

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Academic opinions are irrelevant to the value of tenure. Facts are relevant, and the facts are that tenure protects some academics from losing their jobs because they communicate unpopular information, and that some untenured academics do lose their jobs because they communicate unpopular information.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007