55 Tenure Quotes for You to Enjoy

Historically, professors have defended tenure as a way to protect their individualistic thought. But tenure can also be used as a club to wield against the powerless. Ben Shapiro

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Obama's tenure had more dirty linen then Charlie Sheen's hamper. Greg Gutfeld

Obama Charlie More Dirty Had Tenure Sheen Hamper Then

Organizational structures that allow divisions and departments to own their turf and people with long tenure to take root creates the same hardened group distinctions as Congressional redistricting to produce homogeneous voting blocs - all of which makes it easier to resist compromise, let alone collaboration. Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Alone People Voting Long Redistricting Own Group Collaboration Distinctions Easier Compromise Structures Take Allow Divisions Tenure Makes Same Departments Which Turf Produce Root Creates Organizational Congressional Hardened Resist

Voters, whatever their political views, should rise up against politicians who want to dilute the Bill of Rights to perpetuate their tenure in office. Ted Olson

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These days, to be seven years in one spot in any pro sport is a pretty long tenure. Andrew Bogut

Long Seven Pretty Tenure Days Sport Spot Years Pro Any

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program. Antonio Villaraigosa

Entitlement Will Think President Address Say Pension Some Taken Tenure Budget Also Democrats Issue His Reform Done Seniority Want Extend Medicare Reinvest Program

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label. Arlen Specter

Party Independent Tenure Label Senate Regardless Really

President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and Obamacare. Both are massively unpopular. The stimulus package launched the Tea Party movement. Obamacare led to the Republican wipeout of 2010. Ben Shapiro

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Whether people agree or disagree with the decisions an actor makes after their Disney tenure, every alum has a clear vision of how they want their career to pan out. Cameron Boyce

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It's the way tenure works, together with dismissal protections that tenured teachers have, that no other public employee has, which makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective and incompetent teacher or, in some cases, even an abusive teacher. Campbell Brown

Teacher Together Impossible Remove Other Way Some Cases Almost Tenure Employee Ineffective Makes Which Public Teachers Works Even Incompetent

Universities think people come up with great ideas by closing the door. The academic tenure process, where you have to publish to journals which are very narrow, stands in the way of great research. Clayton M. Christensen

Great You People Research Publish Think Way Great Ideas Tenure Journals Come Academic Ideas Narrow Up Very Closing Where Door Process Which Stands Universities

I can assure you that during my tenure as his employee, Bob Ney was the hardest working man in Ohio and Washington. I can further assure you the work that he did and the decisions he made were done with integrity and the highest regard for his office and those he served. Corey Lewandowski

Work You Man Integrity Made Assure Further Those Highest He Tenure Employee Were His Office Did Done Ohio Regard Decisions Bob Working Working Man Washington Served Hardest

While I agree completely that attracting good teachers is difficult, and we need to spend more time doing that - in part by paying them more money - I don't think there's any evidence for the idea that somehow tenure attracts good teachers. In fact, I think the evidence is to the contrary. David Boies

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The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General. Dick Thornburgh

Law Political Congress Status Emerged General Support Tenure Attorney Attorney General Enactment Did Political Status Legislation Which Receive Needed

I've gotta believe that my managing tenure has come to an end here. Don Cooper

Believe Tenure Come Gotta End Managing Here

It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people. Eisaku Sato

Government People Harmony Signed Pursuing Tenure Also Policy Non-Proliferation Conclusion Office Japanese Avowed Agreed Nuclear Desire Treaty

The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold. Francis Fukuyama

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I'm a tenured professor. But I'd get rid of tenure. Francis Fukuyama

Tenure Get Rid Professor

Harvard is famous for being an 'absorbing state' for faculty with almost no one leaving it for another institution, which is why the decision of granting tenure is a life long commitment. Gita Gopinath

Life Commitment Decision Long State Harvard Faculty No-One Absorb Almost Tenure Institution Another Leaving Being Famous Which Why

Kennedy was president for only 1,037 days, but during his short tenure, he achieved much. At the Cold War's most dangerous hour, he preserved the peace. He improved relations with the Soviet Union and replaced tension over Berlin with a limited test ban treaty. Gretchen Rubin

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With my first few books, I was aiming at an academic audience, basically, to get tenure. You can presuppose a certain amount of knowledge; you can expect that there is this common background. H. W. Brands

Knowledge You First Few Aiming Books Background Tenure Academic Audience Expect Get Common Certain Amount Basically

I hate tenure. Tenure allows teachers to put their feet up on the desk and possibly have a job forever. That's why I got turned on to charter schools. It's a business model. Every employee and every teacher will be monitored by performance. Jalen Rose

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