The Decline of Tenure..

University professors are granted tenure essentially for the freedom to carry their research wherever it leads. But the share of tenured and tenure-track faculty has been falling. According to AAUP (see below), it fell from 53.1% in 1987 to 31.8% in 2023 (below). There are… pic.twitter.com/pWkRQDTR6K

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) December 13, 2025