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yardwork

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15. So faculty could be fired for any reason, like teaching something a politician dislikes.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Fri Apr 21, 2023, 01:35 PM

Apr 2023

That's exactly why tenure was created in the first place: to protect academic freedom. It made the US one of the best engines of higher education in the world.

These fascists are destroying our civilization.

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Texas Senate approves ban on tenure for university and college professors [View all] dalton99a Apr 2023 OP

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