Senate Bill 18 would eliminate tenure for any new hires at public colleges and universities in Texas after Sept. 1.
A new senate bill, if put into law, could affect faculty at public universities and colleges throughout Texas.
Senate Bill 18 was filed by State Sen. Brandon Creighton, who is chair of the Senate subcommittee on higher education.
According to Dr. Michael Hirsch, professor of sociology and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Huston-Tillotson University, when faculty are hired on a tenure track, they're basically on probation. Those professors are given a number of years to prove themselves to be good instructors, researchers and productive in terms of community engagement.