Many believe that when we talk of freedom, it means permission to do egregious things. But faculty need the freedom to ask unpopular questions. Certainly not corporations, not even the press, because it is owned by corporations. He said tightening resources have forced depart-ments to clear their rolls of unproductive members. Those who are not productive find little protection because what they don't do lands on the shoulders of their colleagues, the same people who evaluate them.
Every organization has less productive employees.
No carte blanche Many in the public seem to gauge a faculty member's productiveness by the number of hours spent in the classroom, but Woodman points out that that is only the tip of the iceberg. Faculty spend most of their time outside the classroom, helping students, conducting research and helping those in the community, state, nation and even throughout the world. One of the problems may be that faculty have the ability to govern their own time. Tenure is not lifetime job security. Faculty can be removed for just cause.