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Tenure under fire—again—in North Dakota

Republican lawmakers and a university president pushed a bill last year that would diminish faculty job protections at two institutions. It failed by a hair, but the State Board of Higher Education has taken up the mantle. Last year, the North Dakota House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that threatened tenure protections. It would have allowed the presidents of Dickinson State University and Bismarck State College to fire tenured faculty members without any review from a faculty committee. ....

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Some States Want to Reshape Tenure. This Time, They Might Succeed.

In three states, powerful Republican politicians are backing proposed changes to lifetime job security for public-college professors. ....

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