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Texas puts forth bill proposing to strip faculty of tenure

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“Positions are beginning to go unfilled and searches are failing,” said Andrew Gothard, president of United Faculty of Florida.

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DeSantis Proposes Defunding DEI Programs at Florida Universities

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DeSantis, a potential candidate for the 2024 presidential election, said he will also change tenure and hiring policies, allowing institutions to conduct post-tenure reviews on faculty at any time and giving university presidents and board of trustees more authority in hiring decisions.

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New College of Florida Interim President Richard Corcoran Asks Seven Faculty to Withdraw Tenure Applications

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To note, Corcoran has no real authority over the seven faculty tenure applications given that they had already been approved by his predecessor, Shipman said. All the people qualified to make this decision had approved the candidates,” said Dr. Andrew Gothard, president of United Faculty of Florida.

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2023 Year in Review

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Dissenting, Associate Justice Elena Kagan argued that Congress had chosen to delegate authority to the Secretary of Education to respond to emergencies, student loan forgiveness program included. That authority kicks in only under exceptional conditions,” Kagan wrote. As of March 2023, there were nearly 600,000 DACA enrollees.