I was disappointed that her main recommendation for increasing women's participation in science is to abolish tenure.

And most recently, there has been talk in Parliament of abolishing tenure, which provides job security for teachers.

Others include a bill permitting charter schools and one abolishing tenure for school principals.

But the Government wants to abolish tenure in the future.

The call to abolish tenure is very much a minority opinion in such settings.

He abolished tenure and radically reduced the staff, sometimes replacing employees with members of his family.

Chancellor Crew has held contract negotiations hostage to his demand to abolish tenure.

Abolishing tenure and lengthening the school year require state legislation.

Similarly, the proposal to abolish tenure for school principals does not go far enough.

Bennington College made headlines in 1994 when it abolished tenure and placed its faculty on contracts.