Tenure is Declining in U.S. Medical Schools. Could This Threaten Academic Freedom?
Bridget Balch | 23 April 2024 | AAMC
For more than a century, tenure has served as a bedrock principle in American academia.
When it was first formalized by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in 1915, its primary purpose was to guard the right of professors to research and teach about subjects in their areas of expertise without influence or fear of retribution from university leadership, donors, political figures, or any other entities that might try to suppress or control scholarship.