Show threadbs2Feb 28, 2024

> professors have taught, especially the better students, that all questions are complex, all ideologies suspect, and all larger passions fanatical; the ear of being naive prevents many young people from feeling confidence in any action or reaction. (Some of these same adults then criticize the students for apathy!)

From #TowardLiberalEducation 1962 edition.. It's great to find on-line versions of classic essays...
#CollegeProfessors #Universities #GeneralEducation
edit: OCR error? l -> fear

Denise GJan 9, 2024

#Nebraska senators seek to eliminate tenure for #collegeprofessors

“Higher education lacks a serious degree of accountability” because of #tenure, which protects #professors, after proving their competence, from being fired for disagreements with administrators or for controversial scholarly opinions, according to the senator who introduced the bill.

#NEleg
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/01/08/senators-seek-to-eliminate-tenure-for-college-professors-do-away-with-state-inheritance-tax/

Senators seek to eliminate tenure for college professors, do away with state inheritance tax | Nebraska Examiner

LINCOLN — Bills to eliminate tenure protection for university professors in an effort to halt “indoctrination (of) leftist ideology,” and one to do away with Nebraska’s inheritance tax were among 37 proposals introduced during a snowy Monday at the State Capitol. State Sen. Loren Lippincott of Central City, who introduced the tenure bill, said in […]

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