The Pros and Cons of Tenure

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This chapter discusses the concept of tenure in American universities, exploring its benefits of protecting unpopular opinions and its drawbacks on academic culture and freedom. The conversation also touches on the importance of tenured professors speaking out against attacks on higher education.

Yascha Mounk and Tyler Austin Harper discuss the state of academia and the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay.

Tyler Austin Harper is a writer and an assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates College.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Tyler Austin Harper discuss how universities can reclaim their status as sites for the free exchange of ideas; why enrollment in the humanities has declined; and the ways in which the new progressive ideas concerning identity remain influential on campus and in our society.

This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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