Critics claim that the tenure system is outdated and no longer necessary; while proponents claim that tenure ensures a continued culture
of intellectual independence and inquiry.
In academic cultures that
emphasize intellectual independence and creativity, scientists often view such record - keeping not as a tool for becoming safer but as an intrusive, annoying, and largely pointless bureaucratic ordeal, something to be put off until the dreaded day when deadlines or inspectors come around.
Postdoctoral fellows with any chance of obtaining a principal investigator (PI) position are expected to work with near -
complete intellectual independence, displaying creative flair in extending knowledge in their field of expertise while logging 60 - hour - plus workweeks.
Around the same time, he learned about The Cooper Union and decided it was the right school for him, attracted to the great deal of
intellectual independence students are granted.
These kinds of conditions violate the transparency and
intellectual independence needed for good research, said Robert Brulle, a professor of sociology and environmental science at Drexel University.
For Canadians operating in China, respecting China's sovereignty and traditions is both appropriate and necessary, but should not stop Canadians from supporting principles of
intellectual independence, civil society, and human rights.
While I have often consoled myself with the thought that republicans are able to give the same simple message because they do not have any interest in truth, governance, or
intellectual independence, I also have to admit that whatever shortcomings republicans may have, we can not fairly blame them for our own messaging.
With Prevent on the one hand forcing universities to not invite certain speakers, and OfS on the other forcing them to do so, there is now a genuine threat to
the intellectual independence of universities.
Such measures would have useful side effects: encouraging better training and
intellectual independence.
They may have
intellectual independence, and small grants from different foundations can help them achieve some financial independence, but it is still difficult to assemble a team because such grants are not substantial enough to pay postdoc, or even student, salaries.
Instead of spreading false optimism, they must stand firm and defend
their intellectual independence, findings and recommendations — no matter how politically unpalatable,» he argued.
To be fair, many research programs recognize that graduate students and postdocs need at least a little time at the margins to develop
their intellectual independence.
Cynthia Nixon portrays Dickinson, personifying her wit,
intellectual independence and pathos who had a deep attachment to her close - knit family.
Universities have complained that the current A-level system does not stretch pupils sufficiently or give
them the intellectual independence and curiosity needed for degree - level study.
Perhaps the current dictators in the art world are still threatened by the notion of
intellectual independence, aesthetic individuality, artistic excellence, and High Art?
He recalled the lesson learned from the episode to Frieze magazine: «I think it's important to earn and to fight for one's
intellectual independence, day by day.»
Program curriculum encourages students to strive for creative and
intellectual independence and inspired architectural research.
With linking different knowledge and capabilities, re-usage and recycling of the material and mostly with flexibility in search for new possibilities of artistic creation, these two practices enable a certain point of
intellectual independence and self - sufficiency.
Social scientists should be careful about getting entrained into a service role that could compromise
their intellectual independence and ability to speak truth to power.