Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is in for a fight as he seeks to end tenure at Texas universities

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is in for a fight as he seeks to end tenure at Texas universities
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UT Tower Fellows listen to Professor Will Inboden’s lecture, “How to Win the Great Power Contest: Lessons from the Reagan Administration,” Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Twenty-five people who have already had successful careers are accepted into the UT Tower Fellow program each year to participate in a range of courses and special programming.Lt. Gov.

Tenure, which has long been considered the bedrock of academic expression, is an employment status in colleges and universities that protects faculty from termination except under extraordinary circumstances, or if there is “good cause” for firing. It also allows professors to teach and research their subject matter without outside influence.

It’s difficult to say whether Patrick’s current priorities will remain priorities when the Legislature reconvenes in 11 months. His politics also occasionally differ from those of House Speaker Dade Phelan and Gov. Greg Abbott, neither of whom have voiced support for the proposal.Wednesday morning. “It’s something that I haven’t seen details about, and so we all need to take a look at it.

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