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Friday, May 26. 2017

The End Of Teacher Tenure?


Tenure in higher ed is gradually being squeezed out by academic administrative greed. Ironically, however lefty academia is, money is their motivation. Like any other business, they want the best product at the lowest cost. Non-for-profit is no different from business, since administrators took over the thing. 


Tenure will only endure where it is least justifiable; in unionized government schools:  The End Of Teacher Tenure?


Tenure, I suppose, used to be a substitute for high salary, but that no longer applies.  Guaranteed job plus high salary plus great benefits no longer exists in the real world. Outside government jobs, that is. Why is that? 

Posted by The Barrister in Education at 14:43 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Unions can't always get raises for you, but they have to get you a new little something every year to justify their own salaries. It doesn't have to be very big, but the ratchet only goes in one direction. The tradeoff for civil services was always thought to be Benefits for Salary. That gradually disappeared, so that even in places like Northern New England, where government salaries used to be low, they have crept up.

I still never made much, but I could carry over vacation and sick time year over year, which most people can't. Excellent health insurance. It adds up. It's changing. The salaries are a little higher and the benefits are being cut back now.
#1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-05-26 15:58 (Reply)
Government unions can donate to the same politicians who approve their improved salaries and working conditions.
#2 Sam L. on 2017-05-26 17:38 (Reply)
QUOTE:
Guaranteed job plus high salary plus great benefits no longer exists in the real world. Outside government jobs, that is. Why is that?


Because most businesses cannot raise prices and force customers to keep purchasing their products at the point of a gun.
#3 Ken in NH on 2017-05-26 18:27 (Reply)
"I could carry over vacation and sick time year over year,".
Unfortunately for my DH his seven years of unused vacation pay was "eliminated" when the failing university wiped all reserve benefits off the books. This ever so liberal and honorable college never told the faculty they were going to do this. DH had worked through and set aside. We were so naive in 1987 when he took a position at a school that did not offer tenure. "Build your program and make it grow and you will be rewarded". Yeah sure you betcha! He built the program into one that was listed in the top 10 of US News and World Report and guess what happened. The chancellor took it over for his wife to run. So much for honor among that tribe!
#4 faculty wife on 2017-05-26 19:16 (Reply)

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