Does the Tenure System Attract Men and Women of Ability to the Profession?
Tenure is intended to make the profession attractive, in part, through the promise of economic security. But for many prospective faculty this promise is contradicted by the security provided those who already hold tenure. Of course, it is the occupied position, not tenure, which creates the obstacle. Abolishing tenure would not create vacancies. Nonetheless, abolishing tenure might increase turnover and thereby increase opportunities for new faculty. Investigators, including Professor Chait, have found, however, that institutions without tenure have no more, and sometimes less, faculty turn-over. [Op. cit., p.9] The absence of long term commitments combines with the mutual desire for security to promote weaker standards of review. Even if abandoning tenure did increase vacancies, it would diminish their attractiveness. Non-tenure-track positions do not, in fact, attract prospective faculty who are as professionally qualified as those who avidly compete for more rigorously selective te
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