Second, I thought the training I received at Chicago had been absolutely first rate. As one of my distinguished contemporaries put it, there is no way in 2000 in which we could qualify for a tenure appointment. We find the professional journals befogged with algebraic formulae, and we scan computer driven searches that rarely correspond to English syntax. Third, and politically, I see that at least one-half of the new faculty appointments to be made this year will be on lines that don't carry tenure. One last note.
Few universities do it at all well.
Most employ inexperienced or younger staff to approach the aging alumni who are writing their wills or disposing of accumulated capital. If only the development department had been well organized, the silver-haired faculty would be out gathering funds instead of sitting on them.