Kansas lawmakers are deliberating on House Bill 2348, which seeks to diminish the significance of tenure in public colleges by allowing universities to revoke any tenure-related benefits. The bill does not outright ban tenure, but it suggests that tenure will not guarantee job security or entitlement to employment. Critically, this affects both future and current tenured professors. The bill has raised concern among educators, with opposition noted from the Kansas Board of Regents and major state universities. Its origins are tied to a legal challenge faced by Emporia State University following layoffs of tenured faculty.
The bill itself seems to remove everything except the name of tenure, effectively ending the core premise of tenure that protects professors from being fired without cause.
House Bill 2348, while not outright banning tenure, allows for any associated rights or privileges to be revoked at any time, undermining job security for faculty.
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