Legislation in two states seeks to end tenure at public colleges and universities.

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Legislation in two states seeks to end tenure at public colleges and universities.
By
Colleen Flaherty
January 13, 2017
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Missouri Representative Rick Brattin

Lawmakers in two states this week introduced legislation that would eliminate tenure for public college and university professors. A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. Legislation in Iowa would end tenure even for those who already have it.

The bills, along with the recent gutting of tenure in Wisconsin and other events, have some worrying about a trend.

“These are serious attempts to undermine universities and the role of universities in society,” said Hans-Joerg Tiede, senior program officer for academic freedom, tenure and shared governance at the American Association of University Professors. “If they’re not directly coordinated, there’s a strong current going through all of them.”

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https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/13/legislation-two-states-seeks-eliminate-tenure-public-higher-education

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In Iowa we got the Senate back with a decisive majority, and now we have the legislature as well as the governorship, most of the minor offices except for attorney and treasurer, two GOP US Senators and 3 of 4 reps in the US House.

I know, and know of a number in both houses in the state legislature and there are some real hard conservatives there. We also don't have a filibuster so every vote in the Senate is 51 for a majority. We got this and some other good bills being introduced, like voter ID and limiting collective bargaining, and I hope we ram them down their throats.