Dive Brief: Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, signed a bill into law Wednesday that will tie tenure at the state’s public colleges to whether professors promote intellectual diversity and free inquiry. Under the law, faculty members may be denied tenure if they are deemed unlikely to encourage intellectual diversity or expose students to scholarly…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Nebraska lawmakers Tuesday are set to debate proposals that could eliminate tenure and dramatically diminish campuses’ diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Under one bill, public colleges would be barred from creating DEI offices or requiring…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Indiana’s House will soon consider a proposal that would overhaul tenure and mandate that the state’s public colleges detail their diversity, equity and inclusion spending to state lawmakers. The bill would prevent college governing boards…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A Nebraska lawmaker introduced a bill last week that would end tenure protections across the state’s public colleges. The proposal would replace tenure with employee agreements and yearly performance evaluations for all faculty members. It…