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OPINION: Tenure is under attack nationwide, threatening academic freedom and sending chills to faculty

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OPINION: Tenure is under attack nationwide, threatening academic freedom and sending chills to faculty
Academic freedom is not a gift. It is a structure long protected by tenure, a contract with no expiration date that guarantees procedural protections to faculty. Tenure has granted faculty at U.S. colleges and universities the rights to peer review, committee deliberation and presentation of evidence and witnesses before being fired. These protections, including the right to appeal, exist not as a bureaucratic formality, but […] The post OPINION: Tenure is under attack nationwide, threatening academic freedom and sending chills to faculty appeared first on The Hechinger Report .
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