Tenure Bans: An Exploratory Study of State Legislation Proposing to Eliminate Faculty Tenure, 2012-2022
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| Title: | Tenure Bans: An Exploratory Study of State Legislation Proposing to Eliminate Faculty Tenure, 2012-2022 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Barrett J. Taylor, Kimberly Watts |
| Source: | Review of Higher Education. 2025 48(4):519-546. |
| Availability: | Johns Hopkins University Press. 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 800-548-1784; Tel: 410-516-6987; Fax: 410-516-6968; e-mail: jlorder@jhupress.jhu.edu; Web site: https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/list |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 28 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Faculty, Tenure, State Legislation, Program Termination, Educational Change, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Personnel Policy, Higher Education, Economic Factors, Social Influences, State Policy |
| Geographic Terms: | Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia |
| DOI: | 10.1353/rhe.2025.a962243 |
| ISSN: | 0162-5748 1090-7009 |
| Abstract: | This article explores introduced tenure bans, meaning state-level legislation proposing eliminating tenure protections within all or part of a public higher education system. We describe such bills 2012-2022 and explore state-level political, economic, social, and higher education conditions associated with introducing a tenure ban. Tenure bans were linked to underlying political and social conditions, not to economic variation, suggesting that efforts to undermine faculty tenure reflected underlying mistrust in higher education rather than efforts to cope with financial uncertainty. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1481065 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article explores introduced tenure bans, meaning state-level legislation proposing eliminating tenure protections within all or part of a public higher education system. We describe such bills 2012-2022 and explore state-level political, economic, social, and higher education conditions associated with introducing a tenure ban. Tenure bans were linked to underlying political and social conditions, not to economic variation, suggesting that efforts to undermine faculty tenure reflected underlying mistrust in higher education rather than efforts to cope with financial uncertainty. |
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| ISSN: | 0162-5748 1090-7009 |
| DOI: | 10.1353/rhe.2025.a962243 |
