Judy Morelock

Review of UTK

The University of Tennessee administration regards...

The University of Tennessee administration regards lecturers as disposable garbage. Non-tenure track contracts can be terminated at any time without cause. Administrators don't care whether there is a legitimate reason to fire faculty who have no tenure, and they haven't the least concern for the damage they do to non-tenured faculty. If you are in this powerless position, you also must relinquish your academic freedom and freedom of speech. If you express your thoughts, you risk being fired. All it takes to lose one's job is a student complaint and one department head with a vendetta against the lecturer. Then, you can easily become the object of public scorn.