Not true. I am one of those professors who has been pain in the butt for many - in the department and other units. Yes, it was a split decision in the department for my tenure but everybody else up the chain of command supported me. You do have to be reasonably successful for that (papers, grant money). Otherwise, of course you get booted out. For me, tenure protects me against the system, so I can state when faculty or administration does wrong things. Or simply when I disagree scientifically.
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Not true. I am one of those professors who has been pain in the butt for many - in the department and other units. Yes, it was a split decision in the department for my tenure but everybody else up the chain of command supported me. You do have to be reasonably successful for that (papers, grant money). Otherwise, of course you get booted out. For me, tenure protects me against the system, so I can state when faculty or administration does wrong things. Or simply when I disagree scientifically.