Tenure

“Florida’s public colleges and universities currently face a politically and ideologically driven assault unparalleled in U.S. history,” a preliminary report says.

A new American Association of University Professors report says Hamline University administrators “encouraged and promoted” a “de facto campaign of vilification.”

Three out of five faculty members at Virginia Commonwealth are on “term” contracts. The university has stopped offering them three-year contracts.

Opponents of tenure would have us believe it’s categorically different from other forms of just cause employment—but it’s not, Deepa Das Acevedo writes.

A U of Missouri faculty committee report says professors have been pressured to withdraw tenure and promotion applications, or to apply to non-tenure-track positions before even submitting tenure applications.

A University of Delaware associate professor of marine science says a faculty panel ruled in her favor after another committee found her guilty of research misconduct. She says the president is still planning to fire her.