Tenure and Student Success

By Scott Jaschik. An administrative law judge in Florida this week upheld new rules by the State Department of Education that require significantly more of state college faculty members -- particularly in the areas of student success -- for them to earn continuing contracts (the equivalent of tenure). The United Faculty of Florida, the faculty union in the state, had challenged the new rules as beyond the scope of the department's powers. But the judge rejected that view and said that the board was within its rights. Read more...