Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to end tenure for new professors at Texas’ universities and colleges in response to faculty who stood up to politicians’ moves to...
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The University of Texas at Austin faculty council approved a resolution Monday defending campus educators’ right to teach critical race theory and race and gender justice, noting that professors would stand up to those trying to suppress their academic freedom, even if that’s the Legislature or UT’s Board of Regents.
But ending tenure would be disastrous for academic freedom — which is what allows for robust, open discussion about important ideas and controversial topics in colleges — and “absolutely devastating” for higher education across the country, said Irene Mulvey, the American Association of University Professors’ president.
Academic freedom is an essential part of “the process of helping students develop the critical thinking skills they will need for future success,” Texas Faculty Association President Pat Heintzelman said in a statement.
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