In the Education Forum “Tenure and the future of the university” (29 May, p. [1147][1]), D. Clawson used several statements as arguments for tenure that were in fact unfounded or unrelated to the issue of tenure. Clawson proposed that when administrators cut costs by increasing the percentage of non–tenure-track and part-time faculty positions, the process of teaching becomes a process of content delivery, teaching to the test, and delivering a standard curriculum determined from above. There is no connection between these two scenarios. I have a full-time teaching position at a for-profit college and a part-time teaching position at a community college. Neither position is tenure-track. Both colleges have programs in place to help all faculty develop teaching methods, creative lesson plans, and sensitivity to students'learning styles. Content delivery and teaching to the test are unfortunately all too common, but they are unrelated to issues of tenure or employment status. Arguably, without the incentive of a need to prove themselves daily, tenured faculty may be more likely to resort to such practices. Clawson's references to professionalism were also misdirected. The term “professional” applies as much to non–tenure-track and part-time faculty as to tenured faculty. It also applies equally to those engaged in many endeavors outside of academia. The term in no way implies an exclusive right to self-evaluate or self-police. All professionals, including all faculty, are accountable to others and therefore subject to outside evaluation. Clawson pointed out that first-year students are less likely to return if their courses are taught by part-time faculty. This comparison between full-time and part-time faculty is unrelated to the issue of tenure. Clawson also noted that, given a choice, faculty prefer jobs in the tenure system. The implication was that the tenure system is inherently superior. However, it is more likely that a preference for such a position simply reflects a preference for greater job security and comfort. The elitist view that tenured faculty are somehow above scrutiny, have a more altruistic vision of a larger good than others, and are the exclusive champions of education, is a view whose time has expired. It is time for the tenure system to expire as well, and to move forward with a system in which all faculty must prove themselves daily. This system works efficiently and fairly in other professions and could work efficiently and fairly in the academic professions as well. [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1172995