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A job so permanent they'd need a scandal and a battering ram to remove you.
means A permanent academic appointment granting professors near-total protection from being fired, awarded after years of proven scholarship.
from From Latin tenere, to hold, via French tenir — the same root that grips tenant, tenacious, and tenable, all about not letting go.
Original purposeShielding scholars who teach unpopular truths.
The gauntletTypically six years of publishing before judgment day.
Rare exitRevocable only for cause or program collapse.