711 lines
14 KiB
HTML
711 lines
14 KiB
HTML
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<title>Does Tenure Undermine Academic Freedom?</title>
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<meta name="description" content="The long-running and erratically updated blog of Kathleen Fitzpatrick.">
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* okaidia theme for JavaScript, CSS and HTML
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* Loosely based on Monokai textmate theme by http://www.monokai.nl/
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* @author ocodia
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main,
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table {
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code {
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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display: flex;
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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counter-increment: start-from -1;
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content: "" counter(start-from, decimal-leading-zero) ". ";
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line-height: 100%;
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color: var(--color-gray-90);
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word-spacing: -0.5px;
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font-weight: bold;
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padding: 0;
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padding-left: 2.5rem;
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}
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align-items: baseline;
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margin-bottom: 1em;
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text-align: right;
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margin-left: -1.5rem;
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font-size: 0.8125em; /* 13px /16 */
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color: var(--color-gray-90);
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word-spacing: -0.5px;
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font-size: 1.1875em; /* 19px /16 */
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font-weight: 700;
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flex-basis: calc(100% - 1.5rem);
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padding-left: .25em;
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padding-right: .5em;
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text-underline-position: from-font;
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text-underline-offset: 0;
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text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
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font-weight: bold;
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}
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/* Tags */
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.post-tag {
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display: inline-flex;
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align-items: center;
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justify-content: center;
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text-transform: capitalize;
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font-style: italic;
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}
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align-self: center;
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}
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/* Tags list */
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display: inline-flex;
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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gap: .5em;
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list-style: none;
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border-top: 1px dashed var(--color-gray-20);
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border-bottom: 1px dashed var(--color-gray-20);
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padding: 3px 0px 3px 0px;
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margin: 0;
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font-size: .8em;
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margin-right: 1em;
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text-decoration: none;
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font-size: 1em;
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margin-left: .1em;
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a[href].header-anchor,
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color: transparent;
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a[href].header-anchor:focus,
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text-decoration: underline;
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a[href].header-anchor:focus,
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:hover > a[href].header-anchor {
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color: #aaa;
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}
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h2 + .header-anchor {
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font-size: 1.5em;
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font-weight: bold;
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h1 {
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font-weight: bolder;
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}
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summary {
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font-size: 1.5em;
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font-weight: bold;
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margin-bottom: .5em;
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img {
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display: block;
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margin-left: auto;
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margin-right: auto;
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}
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blockquote {
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display: block;
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margin-left: 2em;
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margin-right: 3em;
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padding-left: 10px;
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border-left: 10px solid var(--text-color-link);
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hr.new {
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border: none;
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border-top: 1px dashed var(--color-gray-50);
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}
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/* Webmention Section */
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.webmentions {
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display:block;
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text-align: left;
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}
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display:flex;
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align-items: center;
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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}
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width: 2rem;
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height: 2rem;
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border-radius: 50%;
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object-fit: cover;
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flex: none;
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<p>A compelling argument that it does, at <a href="http://stevelawson.name/seealso/archives/2011/01/abolish_tenure_in_the_name_of_academic_freedom.html">See Also…</a>, with a particularly interesting concluding suggestion:</p>
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<p>Such an interesting thought experiment. What bravery might that initial seven years of untouchability produce? What creativity would it inspire? And how would our expectations for the post-tenure period change if our careers began in an environment of risk-taking?</p>
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