The Texas Tribune reports:
A little more than a year after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick declared war on faculty tenure at the state’s public universities, the Texas Senate approved a bill Thursday that would bar schools from granting the benefit to newly hired professors.
Patrick’s push to end tenure in Texas started more than a year ago after some University of Texas at Austin professors passed a nonbinding resolution defending their academic freedom to teach about issues like racial justice.
The resolution outraged Patrick, who accused university professors of “indoctrinating” students with leftist ideas and argued that the state must stop awarding tenure because faculty with the benefit don’t face any repercussions for it.
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The Texas Senate approved a bill that would end faculty tenure at the state’s public universities. It faces a tough road ahead at the House, where Speaker Dade Phelan has expressed concerns with completely eliminating the commonplace job protection. https://t.co/IVsJb72eRF
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) April 21, 2023