Nerd News: The Decline of Tenure

Here is an interesting debate: "What If College Tenure Dies?"

UPDATE 1: More here.

UPDATE 2: A thought.  There's a lot more going on in the tenure discussion that it looks.  As a nerd, I'm also struck by the thought that there are some misconceptions in the conversation, especially on the part of non-academics.  I don't have time right now to write a full-blown post about tenure and its need for reform (I do think the question of "what is tenure good for?" is a legitimate one that we should talk about).  But here's a sidenote about the forgotten: a large amount of teaching on any university campus is done by lecturers and adjuncts.  They don't have tenure nor the chance of getting it.  It's like an entire academic underclass.