The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress,… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
It would be suicide in the American academy to show too early an interest beyond your doctoral specialization: charges of everything from… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Too often what are called "educated" people are simply people who have been sheltered from reality for years in ivy-covered buildings. Those… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
I have spent my tenure in office - and, in fact, my adult lifetime - fighting for things that I care deeply… — Bev Perdue Copy Share Image
Harvard is famous for being an 'absorbing state' for faculty with almost no one leaving it for another institution, which is why… — Gita Gopinath Copy Share Image
When it comes to public school education, we have been unwilling to measure our results. We've been unwilling to pay based on… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
How funny is it that so many professors labeled Tea Partiers as terrorists, while kissing the asses of real, bona fide terrorists?… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I believe we accomplished a lot of good things while I was in office. We maintained a very good working relationship with… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
If they can get 15 or higher, it will be a very bad night for House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan twisted himself… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
In some of the classes, especially the introductory religion courses I took, the professors can veer into a particular strain of religious… — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
I was an adjunct. I never got tenure, never had it. I was a professor, though. But I never got tenure. I… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
During my tenure at the Endowment, I often found that those who did us the most damage did so under the justification… — John Frohnmayer Copy Share Image
Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension… — Antonio Villaraigosa Copy Share Image
You know who has tenure? The pope has tenure. The Queen of England has tenure. So does Fidel and the communists -… — Ira Carmen Copy Share Image
Learn the lessons of history. Don't let how you feel about your tenure at your organization drive you to make poor investment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the problem with schools is not too many incentives but too few. Because of tenure, teachers' unions, and the fact… — Steven Levitt Copy Share Image
People had their image of what a cowboy was, ... A lot of it was perpetuated by the media presentations of the… — Philip Roberts Copy Share Image
Thy Banners gleam a little, and are furled; Against thy turrets surge His phantom tow'rs; Drugged with his Opiates the nations nod,… — George Sterling Copy Share Image
The hated system of land tenure, so contributory to general unrest in Asia, has been abolished. Every farmer is now accorded the… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said:… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
In the end I created a career of my own, concentrating on my writing and lecturing, reaching larger audiences than I would… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Kennedy was president for only 1,037 days, but during his short tenure, he achieved much. At the Cold War's most dangerous hour,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I… — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The obstacles facing academic economists are formidable, for tenure and professional advancement still depend to a large extent on a willingness to… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
“Junior faculty members used to come up to me and say, ‘Wow, you got tenure early; what’s your secret?’ I said, ‘It’s… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
DePaul's plot to deny me tenure had nothing to do with my faults. In fact, and ironically, it viciously attacked me and… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
When it comes to brains, size matters. It's not all that matters, of course. Whales and dolphins have brains that are larger… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and Obamacare. Both are massively unpopular. The… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
To become a token woman - whether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Adolescence is a relatively recent thing in human history -- a period of years between the constraints of childhood and the responsibilities… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The technique of winning is so shoddy, the terms of winning are so ignoble, the tenure of winning is so brief; and… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
Many conservatives see higher education as a threat to their reactionary and corporate oriented interests and would like to defund higher education,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of… — Daniel Drezner Copy Share Image
It's not that unusual for presidents to take strong positions on cases decided by the court. But you know, Lesley, that's why… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
