When Tenure Never Comes

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. When Tenure Never Comes
Stephen Black, The Walrus, 2016/08/04
According to the (anonymous) author of this article in the Walrus, "Academia has become a high-stakes gamble—and the losers can barely afford pants." It's a fair point, but as critic Melonie Fullick writes in University Affairs, "the piece is basically written as if he is the first person to have discovered this is an issue that might be worthy of discussion.". More...