title: The issue of tenure and its future.
abstract: Tenure is being questioned by the public in light of competency-based education and teacher accountability. Academic freedom is essential, but some tenured faculty compromise the quality of education students receive. Renewable contracts may hold part of the answer to this issue.
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004651:Employment; D005178:Faculty; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations; D013663:Teaching; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education*