Well said.
True, tenure also protects some faculty who have not contributed in any significant way for years, but I would much rather carry a few freeloaders (there are always going to be some of those) than to give up on the whole idea.
We need this sort of protection especially now when greed and the infernal ‘bottom-line’ seems to drive everything.
As Einstein said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ”
