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Hundreds of UNC Professors Oppose ‘Overreach’
Faculty members are opposing what they consider encroachments from three sources: the state Legislature, the UNC Board of Governors and the Chapel Hill Board of Trustees itself.
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New College Board Denies Tenure for 5 Professors
In the latest maneuver to remake higher ed in the vision of Ron DeSantis, New College of Florida trustees voted to deny tenure to five applicants due to “extraordinary circumstances.”
Professor Let Go After Officiating LGBTQ+ Wedding Sues
A professor who says Calvin University denied him tenure for his LGBTQ+ rights advocacy and then didn’t reappoint him for...
Tenured and Making $0?
Emails suggest a Purdue University math faculty member has been punished for his COVID-19–era teaching. The university says it “regrets that some have chosen to release incomplete confidential personnel files.”
FIRE: 1/5 of ‘Scholar Sanction Attempts’ Led to Firing
There have been 1,080 “scholar sanction attempts” since 2000, about a fifth of which resulted in firings, the Foundation for...
Judge Reappoints 2 Emporia State Professors
An administrative law judge has given two Emporia State University professors their jobs back, The Kansas Reflector reports. Neither the...
What Ending Tenure Would Mean to Texas
Senate Bill 18 would change the landscape of Texas public higher education for the worse, Jennifer Ebbeler writes.
Georgia System Board OKs Posttenure Review Change
The University System of Georgia’s board on Wednesday approved changes to its posttenure-review and faculty-dismissal policies. The American Association of...