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Tenure Can’t Stay the Same
Declining public confidence in higher ed makes tenure as we’ve known it untenable—but that doesn’t mean we should end it altogether. Reforms should focus on accountability.
Lawmakers Move to Bail Out Southern Oregon While Portland State Plans to Cut
Oregon’s higher ed coordinating agency has already recommended “integration,” for some state institutions. Portland faculty are calling for more state funding for their own institution.
How Joint Review Can Boost Faculty Diversity
A new study finds that Black and Hispanic faculty have much higher chances of promotion or tenure when they are evaluated alongside other candidates.
Virginia State Terminates 6 Professors Without Due Process
Campus security escorted the professors—five tenured and one tenure-track—to their cars and issued no-trespass warnings. They have received no written explanation for their dismissals.
After Researching Tenure’s History, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End It
Kansas May Withhold Millions From Universities With ‘DEI-CRT’ in Gen Ed
The budget bill would also freeze tuition revenue, allow institutions to fire tenured faculty faster and develop plans to eliminate a tenth of positions and expenses from universities’ leadership offices.
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges
Regional and community college professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions.
Tenure Under Threat
A spate of firings in the fall revealed just how corroded tenure protections have become. How did we get here?