from The Daily Utah Chronicle Rep. Christopher Herrod, R-Provo, introduced a bill Monday that he said would encourage more competition for universities by prohibiting universities f(in Utah) rom giving their professors tenure. ….
Universities should be keeping the best professors rather than the ones who have been working the longest, Herrod said. Schools need to be more flexible and not supply lifelong employment to professors, especially now that federal funding will most likely be going down, he said.
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Many people in the higher-education community have looked positively at this, Herrod said. Universities want to keep the best professors, and the best professors should have nothing to worry about, he said.
The bill will shortly appear before the House Education Committee.
NOTE: The current president of UU is rumored to be a candidate for the job of President of the University of Washington. more on THE-Ave.