Under Attack: Tenure and Academic Freedom

Ten months before Pamela Whitten arrived in Bloomington, the University System of Georgia (USG), which includes Kennesaw State, launched a controversial process that ultimately made the state system the first in the nation to gut the tenure process. Kathy Schwaig, who was KSU provost and senior vice president for academic affairs under Whitten, chaired the Post-Tenure Review Working Group that was charged with recommending updates to the board’s 24-year-old tenure policy, “to ensure all faculty remain productive throughout their career,”  Insider Advantage reported. The group’s recommendations, which the New York Times called “a direct challenge to the hallowed tradition of tenure,” were adopted by the USG Board of Regents in October 2021. More

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