Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Commits to Ending Tenure; El Paso Faculty Call it a Political Attack

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged Friday to end tenure for new faculty hires at the state’s public universities and colleges when the Texas Legislature reconvenes next year.

Patrick’s attack on tenured college professors came days after the University of Texas at Austin Faculty Council passed a resolution Feb. 14 defending professors’ academic freedom, particularly as it relates to teaching critical race theory and race and gender justice.

If successful, Patrick’s proposal would affect faculty at El Paso Community College, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and the University of Texas at El Paso.

“Attacking tenure is a political ploy,” said Gina Núñez-Mchiri, president of the Faculty Senate at UTEP. “It’s a way of attacking people who are critical, not just of race, but also critical of anything that needs to be analyzed and examined to improve.”

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