The reason almost all tenure cases are yes & almost all people want to get to yes is because almost all of the people who actually go up for tenure easily clear the bar for tenure.
Also, as someone at a public university (UNC, no less) knows, the opportunity to hire "better" people is ~nonexistent.
Mark Copelovitch
anybody who has ever served on a T&P committee anywhere knows this fucking guy
A lapse in rigorous evaluation invites outside interference.
