Conservatives take aim at tenure for university professors

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Source: Associated Press/By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolution defending their freedom to decide for themselves how to teach about race.

Patrick said he took it as a message to “go to hell.”

In turn, Patrick, a Republican, said it was time to consider holding the faculty accountable, by targeting one of the top perks of their jobs.

“Maybe we need to look at tenure,” Patrick said at a news conference in November.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/politics-colleges-and-universities-florida-state-government-texas-education-4f0fe0c5c18ed227fabae3744e8ff51d

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Another move taken from the School of DeSatan: When they don't agree with you, hurt them. They'll keep doing this until we vote them out of business.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. Revenge politics don't set well with the Courts. Even in Texas. Or the suits will never end and

the Justices will need to cancel summer breaks. Nope. Theatre. Again.

[Rebl2]

2. Good way

to lose professors and possibly students.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. GQP will be in all the psychologists' offices next

[Lovie777]

4. In my crystal ball ......

I can see red states universities, colleges, and schools 0-12 failing in attendance, and Blue States accommodating them, Blue States flourishing in health, education, wealth, decent paying jobs with benefits, and economy in the vast of democracy, including flourishing in civil rights, women rights, voting rights. Compassion for humankind, and total respect for different faiths and religions.

Red state competing in who's going to be the cruelest.

[Lulu KC]

9. I like it

Thanks!

[paleotn]

12. It's not a coincidence that the best universities tend to be in blue states.

[Samrob]

19. That works for me IF we can cap the amount tax dollars from blue states going to bail out red states

from their deplorable state and local ta less) laws. Perhaps tie relief $$ to population???

[Stuckinthebush]

5. The stupid hurts

Massive brain drain from Texas will occur. Loss of students. Loss of income. Texas will be a filled with hate, idiocy and tumbleweeds.

[SouthernDem4ever]

14. Half the people I know that live in TX hate it there already

Now they are working on the other half.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. This says it all right here.

“They’ve latched onto the idea that many totalitarian regimes have done over the years, which is if you can stop students from learning about ideas that a political party in power disagrees with, that is one way to stop those ideas from existing in the society at all,” said Andrew Gothard, president of United Faculty of Florida.

[turbinetree]

7. Maybe its time to remove the military bases from Texas, and to stop all highway funding being paid

for on the federal level by taxpayers nation wide....and to shut down all the Federal Airports....or not give them any federal money to update the air traffic control system and remove all TRACON flight centers..........you want to play some game ....

[walkingman]

8. I agree - I live here and can testify that we have some of the dumbest SOBs on the planet

here that elected these sorry bastards. They've tried before to shutdown bases in Texas and after the moaning and groaning about jobs, etc. the government backed down. Did I mention they are some of the stupidest voters on the planet - try living around them. Texas has not always been this way but since '94 it has just gotten worse and worse - maybe it's the air pollution?

[turbinetree]

24. I spent one summer in Texas when I was kid at the air force base in Fort Worth when it was up and

and running...and then during the late sixties I was hitch hiking to Woodstock from California and I can still remember the person that picked us up.....and him saying jump on in the rig, where you heading.....but now I can just imagine the insanity, I am all in on defunding the federal system in the state, they want to whine well lets have at it....game on....

[lonely bird]

10. Why isn't he

In jail?

[elleng]

11. They are NOT 'conservatives.'

[Casady1]

13. A reporter should ask DeSantis

You attended what would be perceived to be a liberal university. Were you punished by the liberal professors in grading? Where you damaged by being exposed to different philosophies?
It seems to me you excelled in your GPA and you were able to attend a premier law school.
Please explain the harm?

For the other “conservative legislators “ You have had your children for 18 years and you have exposed them to the”conservative philosophy”, your children will only be in college for 4 years. Are your children so weak minded that they can’t be exposed to a different philosophy?

[SouthernDem4ever]

15. All you have to do is talk to someone that graduated from Liberty University

It answered all my questions.

[paleotn]

16. OK, fine. The highly educated experts in their fields....

leave red Amurka in droves. Can't say that's a bad thing.

[caraher]

17. Calling tenure a "perk" is insulting in this context, AP

In fact, it's precisely what is happening here that makes tenure necessary - the protection of academic freedom from the depredations of political pressure.

[mjvpi]

23. Bingo.

[DavidDvorkin]

18. Texas is home to some top-rank state universities, but perhaps for not much longer.

[walkingman]

21. Roll Tide!!

[DavidDvorkin]

25. Good God, I'm not referring to football but to academics.

[walkingman]

26. I'm referring to football....when I see a big red A that is what I think of...."Rammer Jammer" 😎

[Red Mountain]

20. New headline:

Not content with vilifying teachers in grade school conservatives aim to denigrate all educators.

[Javaman]

22. Fascism marches on

UT is a private school not part of the Texas state university system. And rightly so, they told old Danny boy to go piss up a tree

UT has a massive endowment and a tremendous amount of political power.

I think dickhead Dan just bit off more than he can chew

[Omaha Steve]

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