How Assisting a Concussed Student Athlete Led to the Dismissal of a Tenured Faculty Member

By Robert J. Romano, St. John’s University, Division of Sports Management Tenure is a term that causes junior faculty to tether themselves to their desk and frantically write with the hope of having their research published in scholarly journals. It’s when a college or university provides long-term job security to a professor, beyond that of a typical employment contract or employment-at-will position. The primary purpose of tenure is to preserve academic freedom in higher education (a nece