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Patrick said the bill would be a "top priority" and told supporters he is "DONE WITH DISNEY" over its opposition

This is merely the latest incarnation of a decades-old Republican playbook to discredit, defund, and ultimately destroy the Texas public education system.

AUSTIN, Texas— Cuando denunció a un decano de la universidad sospechoso por malversación de fondos, el profesor universitario Jeff Blodgett tuvo que soportar un feroz ataque por parte de los aliados del decano. "Si no tuviera este puesto", recuerda, "habrían hecho todo lo posible por deshacerse de mí".

AUSTIN, Texas — When he blew the whistle on a university dean suspected of financial malfeasance, college professor Jeff Blodgett had to weather a fierce attack from the dean’s allies. “If I didn't have tenure,” he recalled, “they would have done their best to get rid of me.”

Sumi Cho of the African American Policy Forum on the campus campaign to combat the right-wing assault on freedom

WASHINGTON – Two days after the Texas primary, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey disappointed many Republicans by announcing he wouldn’t run for U.S. Senate. Donald Trump, who despises Ducey for rejecting his lies about the 2020 election, was not among them.

The lieutenant governor’s proposal would not only do away with academic freedom; it would make attracting the best faculty near impossible.

The AFA responds to the Texas Lieutenant Governor's proposal to abolish tenure at state universities

DALLAS — The University of Texas’ president is defending the importance of tenure after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposed ending it in efforts to push back against the “woke left.”

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.

The lieutenant governor of Texas elevates the idea of ending tenure at public universities