Education Report - The Shrinking World of Tenure

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VOA Learning English, welcome to Education News in Special . At American colleges and universities, the number of positions offer the job security of tenure has been shrinking years. Tenure is meant to give professors greater freedom teach, write or study subjects that might not be or politically correct. But critics say tenure can keep from dismissing unproductive faculty members or problem employees. Another is that it can restrict the ability to make in programs or make the best use of limited . The number of tenured positions at US.. colleges and has been decreasing since the 1970s. John Curtis is Director of Research and Public Policy at the American of University Professors. He says that only about 25 of faculty members have tenure or are in a that might lead to tenure. The association says that least 85 percent of faculty members should have tenure be able to seek it. It says this will independent thought and freedom of speech. But a recent found that many colleges and universities plan to employ tenured professors. The study was done by the Gallup and the online publication Inside Higher Ed. The survey more than 1,000 college and university officials about their plans. The results suggest that tenured positions might continue decrease. More than 58 percent of chief academic officers US.. public universities agreed that future generations of faculty not expect tenure. More than 53 percent of private officials agreed. For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel BowmanAdapted a radio program broadcast 07Feb2013)

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