Texas Senate’s priority bills on higher ed would end tenure, diversity policies

University of Houston students return to their campus on Sept. 5, 2017, after Hurricane Harvey. (Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune)

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A bill filed Friday in the Texas Senate would prohibit public colleges and universities from awarding tenure to professors hired after September, legislation that critics have said would make it extremely difficult for the state to recruit top faculty and negatively impact the reputation of its higher education institutions.