GOP Targets Tenure to Curb Classroom Discussions of Race, Gender [pewtrusts.org]
By David Montgomery, Photo: Ralph Barrera/Austin-American Statesman/Associated Press, PEW, March 14, 2022 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.” Blodgett, who has taught at four universities and is now a marketing professor at the University of Houston-Victoria, survived...