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.
A State Board of Higher Education member on Wednesday questioned whether the university system should continue granting tenure to two-year college faculty. The North Dakota University System’s tenure policy says, “The purpose of tenure is to assure academic freedom.” “If the purpose of tenure is to provide academic freedom. How does tenure provide academic freedom […] The post Higher ed board member questions tenure at 2-year schools appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.
Despite overwhelming testimony opposing the bill, the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee passed HB 1446 after a few modifications. The bill now goes to the house floor for a vote.