Tenure and bullying
There’s an op-ed in the chronicle about tenure sustaining intimidation and harassment that is worth reading. This particular part got to me:
The cynical thinking of bullying or harassing professors (and of the powerful senior professors who defend them) may go something like this: Given the troubled job market, the loss of a few current students to psychological and sexual intimidation is no big deal. It might even save them a few instances of having to confront their advisees’ joblessness after graduation.
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