After 11 years working as a college professor, Yasmiyn Irizarry reached a goal she dreamt about from the very beginning of her career: tenure.
Irizarry would be granted not only job security but also the academic freedom to teach and conduct research without fear of censorship as an associate professor of African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas.
But on the same day that she celebrated the milestone last year, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his priorities for this legislative session — which included eliminating tenure in Texas moving forward.
