University of Wisconsin faculty are raising concerns about a survey they received Tuesday that many said posed leading questions about changes to tenure and did not make clear it was funded by a conservative think tank.
The survey was the work of professor William Howell, who studies politics at the University of Chicago. It asked faculty a series of questions gauging how they would feel about replacing tenure with renewable contracts, and was sent to every professor in the UW System.
Since the survey went out, Secretary of the Faculty Steven Smith said he has heard from about 100 professors, each of whom expressed concerns about it.