Professors Who Defend Tenure: Are They Hypocrites?

By JAGDISH BHAGWATI and BRENDAN O'FLAHERTY

A note of controversy marked the recent announcement of Shirley Tilghman's appointment as president of Princeton. Even though most people thought she was well qualified in all respects, a few critics observed that she had once publicly doubted the institution of academic tenure. After all, tenure is to professors what executive privilege is to the White House: a practice elevated to a special status almost beyond

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