Skepticism of Faculty and Tenure

by E Wayne Ross on July 12, 2007

Inside Higher Ed: Skepticism of Faculty and Tenure

A new poll by Zogby Interactive may not cheer professors. A majority of the public believes that political bias by professors is a serious problem and doubts that tenure promotes quality.

To critics of the professoriate, the poll is but more evidence of the gap between academics and the public, but some experts on public opinion about higher education have questions about the value of the new findings.