Faculty members in the University of Wisconsin System objected in droves this fall to a survey of their views on tenure, which some said was poorly designed and funded by a think tank that’s taken conservative stances on various state issues. But if the survey was ever any attempt at gathering data to convince Wisconsinites to further weaken tenure in the state -- as some critics have alleged, and which the think tank denies -- it backfired. According to raw data presented in Madison Wednesday, the overwhelming majority of those tenured or tenure-track faculty members surveyed said that if tenure were replaced with renewable contracts, they’d considering leaving Wisconsin for colleges and universities elsewhere.

December 17, 2015 ・ From Inside Higher Ed