Texas Tech University lost an initial decision by an appeals court on whether criticism of the tenure system by a college professor is protected under the First Amendment.
Topic: tenure
Garden State Teachers Who Won’t Leave
In New Jersey, Chris Christie actually tried.
Adjunct Professor Protest Low Wages, Complain of ‘Tenuresplaining’
Adjunct professors at Cerritos College are unhappy with their low wages and being perceived as inferior by tenured college faculty, known as ‘tenuresplaining.’
More Tenure Rules are Shaking Up Things at University of Wisconsin
From Inside Higher Ed: Faculty members across the University of Wisconsin System have fought — mostly unsuccessfully — a number of changes to their tenure protections since 2015, when the Wisconsin Legislature voted to strike…
Hunger Strike: Professor Alleges He Wasn’t Evaluated Fairly in Tenure Rejection
From Inside Higher Ed: Juan Rojo, an assistant professor of Spanish at Lafayette College, is doing something different, and arguably harder. After receiving the final word on his failed tenure bid last month, he announced at…
Women Didn’t Get Tenure as Much due to Gender Neutral Policies, Study finds
In trying to level the playing field, it actually didn’t help female professors obtain tenure: Ostensibly “gender-neutral” tenure policies designed to help women have actually ended up helping men instead, according to a new academic…
Dartmouth Students Unhappy Asian Professor was Denied Tenure
Some students are upset that the associate professor didn’t get tenure, but the new reality is that tenure could be disappearing sooner rather than later.
Kansas Professor Not Offered Tenure after Outcry by Sensitive Students
From the College Fix: “A professor at the University of Kansas just coincidentally got blocked from continuing on the tenure track after students complained about a class discussion that they themselves provoked, Inside Higher Ed reports.”
Professor Gets Tenure Despite Stance on Creationism in the Classroom
Eric Hedin got tenure at Ball State University despite objections from the scientific community about his belief in creationism, which some allege he taught in the classroom and was proselyting. You can see his professor…
Non-Tenured Faculty is Innovative
A great take by Jesse Saffron of the Pope Center on why non-tenured faculty is an innovative idea. Photo by AAUP
Faculty Lounge
LGBT Activist goes to Harvard, Interprets Bible as Approving of Monogamous, Gay Relationships
Student Government Puts CRs on I.C.E., I.C.E. Baby
CUNY Law School Dean: Eight-Minute Disruptive Protests during Guest Speech is ‘Reasonable Exercise’ of Free Speech
Are Foreign Students Gaming Affirmative Action?
College President Resigns Before Plagiarism Investigation Concludes
Black Lives Matter Exposed
Book Review
Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
Coming to a university near you
Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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