Rheinfrank was quick to note that he comes from a family of academics, and has a liberal political background. People think I'm opposed to faculty. But I am opposed to guaranteed lifetime employment until death for anyone. Senator Arnold agrees. Things have gotten out of hand.
Tenure allows faculty to put personal agendas ahead of institutional priorities.
What they are teaching is second to their personal agendas. The most important part of abolishing tenure is to get back to why faculty are there in the first place, to get back to the basics. Tenure prevents that from happening. Part of the problem, says Arnold, is that tenured faculty rule the roost. The administration has no control.