Among other things she's proposed changes to the tenure system that would offer six-figure salaries to teachers willing to link their paychecks to student performance.
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Defending the tenure system was Dr. Cary Nelson, an English professor at my own academic institution (the University of Illinois) and President of the American Association of University Professors.
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In favor of abolishing tenure, the WSJ featured Naomi Schaefer Riley, a critic of the tenure system who appears to believe that teaching is the only worthwhile activity in which academics engage.
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However, just as the independence of the film star loosened the iron grip of the studio system, so too the independence of the star professor will loosen the grip of the collegiate tenure system.
Regardless of whether your firm embraces a meritocracy, a tenure based system, a highly sophisticated compensatory system, or some form of a benevolent dictatorship, bonuses are always an issue.
Gates didn't say whether the tenure-based pay system and job security favored by unions plays a role, but he wants to figure out a fix.
But I thought her two-track option was a really good idea, allowing young teachers to enter the system without tenure but with a much better salary upfront.
Private and public budgets are busting to keep up with expenses driven by such factors as an ossified system of tenure-driven faculty appointments, outrageous research obligations even in the humanities and social sciences and gilded accommodations for the (ever longer) nesting students.
But Supreme Court Judge Walter Onnoghen said on Friday: "To allow the governors seeking tenure elongation will allow a culture of impunity in the system", AFP news agency reports.
When Kevin Keegan quit as England coach less than a year into Mr Crozier's tenure, he indicated his attitude towards the FA's committee system by announcing he would personally head-hunt a replacement.
During his tenure voters have approved tax increases for an expansion of the light-rail transport system (2004), a new justice centre (2005), and a voucher programme for pre-school education (2006).
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