Conservative State Lawmakers Take Aim at One of Higher Education’s Holy Grails
Tenure advocates are bracing for the possibility of new threats as lawmakers return to statehouses around the country.

When the lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolution defending their freedom to decide for themselves how to teach about race. Mr. Patrick said he took it as a message to “go to hell.”
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