The following is an article publish on the Huffington Post.

Yesterday, Twitter blew up with responses to Whoopi Goldberg and The View having one more uninformed discussion of tenure (and, really, we need to talk about why, from Louis CK to Colbert to Goldberg, education discussions keep being driven by the work of comedians).

“#WithoutTenure I can be fired for….” was the Tweet template of the day, and even though I rode that bus for a bit, it occurs to me this morning that it misses the point. Full Article