Several days ago I was approached by a young woman named Megan Maurer, asking if she could interview me for her master’s thesis. I agreed on one condition. I told her that, for every question she asked me, I’d ask one of my own. What follows are her responses to my questions. MARK: As I […]
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Megan Maurer
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So, what’s up with tenure?
A few days ago, we started debating an opinion piece that ran in the New York Times on higher education reform. The author of that piece, as you may recall, among other things, suggested that the institution of tenure be dissolved. As you can imagine, several readers of this site, many of whom work at […]
Posted in Michigan, Observations, Other, Science Also tagged academic freedom, Assistant Professor, bold initiatives, grants, scientists, tenure, University of Michigan 90 Comments