The following op-ed “UT scientist: Killing tenure would ruin the state’s research universities" appeared March 24, 2023, in the Houston Chronicle.  The author is Andrea Gore who is a Neuroscientists and AAUP Member.

Please join the Defend Tenure, DEI & Academic Freedom campaign to ask your Texas Senator and House Representative to vote against bills that eliminate tenure, ban DEI practices, and infringe on academic freedom.  The Web form is automated, and you can edit the draft letter to your representatives before it is sent.  One of the anti-academic freedom bills, SB 16, was heard in committee on March 23, 2023, and the anti-tenure bill, SB 18, might be heard in committee this week.