DALLAS — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants end tenure for new professors at Texas’ universities and colleges in response to faculty who stood up to politicians’ moves to limit how they teach subjects, including critical race theory.
Patrick wants to bring forward bills in next year’s legislative session that make it harder for faculty to maintain tenure, he announced at a press conference Friday when he noted that the “woke left” has gone too far. Patrick is running for reelection.
The University of Texas at Austin faculty council approved a resolution Monday defending campus educators’ right to teach critical race theory and race and gender justice, noting that professors would stand up to those trying to suppress their academic freedom, even if that’s the Legislature or UT’s board of regents.
