Moore R N
J Dent Educ. 1984 Mar;48(3):145-53.
Like other elements in higher education, academic dentistry is experiencing financial austerity and must be able to reallocate its resources in order to provide the optimal level of service within a given budget. Continuous, across-the-board budget cuts will only reduce the quality of strong departments to the level of weak ones. Dental college faculty, with guidance and support from administrators, will need to develop procedures and criteria for program restructuring that will increase educational flexibility and link budgeting with planning. Seniority and tenure may be used as criteria for personnel action, but faculty must be aware that tenure is a method to achieve academic freedom and is not a guarantee of perpetual employment. The courts will not substitute their judgment for that of the university authorities in academic or personnel matters unless the institution's action is arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory.
与高等教育中的其他领域一样，牙医学术界也面临着财政紧缩，必须能够重新分配资源，以便在既定预算内提供最佳服务水平。持续全面的预算削减只会将强势部门的质量降低到弱势部门的水平。牙科学院的教师在管理人员的指导和支持下，需要制定课程重组的程序和标准，以提高教育灵活性，并将预算编制与规划联系起来。资历和任期可作为人事行动的标准，但教师必须明白，任期是实现学术自由的一种方式，并非终身就业的保证。除非该机构的行动是武断的、任性的或歧视性的，否则法院不会在学术或人事问题上取代大学当局的判断。
