Tenure Issues in Higher Education
回顾了学术终身教职的文献，讨论了近期争议，并提供了受终身教职制度影响的教师比例数据，从权力委托角度解释终身教职为何不同于其他劳动合约及其在不同高等教育领域的重要性差异。
The system of academic tenure has come under increasing scrutiny. The authors provide a brief review of the tenure literature, discuss some recent tenure controversies, and present basic data on the percentage of faculty subject to the tenure system. The issue of tenure is discussed in terms of how the authority necessary to run a college or university is delegated. The authors believe that this perspective sheds light on some underlying reasons for why tenure differs from other forms of labor contracting and on the reasons for the relative importance of the tenure system in different parts of higher education.