“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about research or merit.”

Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by nefitty on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:15PM (#30390487)

I'm not sure you understand how governments work. That's ok. On a census, there's no box to check off every strain that makes up my ethnicity. There's a box that says "Hispanic". I'm being descriptive, not prescriptive.

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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by stavros on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:20PM (#30390545)

I'm not sure I understand how the US government works. Your experience is far from universal.

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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by nefitty on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:26PM (#30390610)

You're right. My comment was uncharitable and US-centric. Sorry. I found it hard to not react because of the personal stake I feel I have in this sort of conversation. I'll try to do better.

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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by stavros on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:39PM (#30390764)

That's OK, we're just used to different systems.

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