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Save Tenure and Continuing Status at KCTCS

Save Tenure and Continuing Status at KCTCS

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 8 months ago
The KCTCS Board of Regents is considering a proposal to eliminate tenure and continuing status. The faculty senate at Jefferson Community and Technical College passed the following resolution opposing the elimination of tenure and continuing status. Be it resolved that the Faculty of JCTC strongly supports the KY Postsecondary Educational Improvement Act of 1997 (HB 1) with its provisions for the maintenance of tenure and current retirement benefits. We oppose any attempt by KCTCS President McCall or the Board of Regents to strip away these essential provisions that the KY General Assembly wisely included in HB 1 when the community colleges were removed from UK to form the KCTCS. The abolition of tenure, the bulwark of accountability and quality, and the emasculation of retirement benefits would have deleterious effects upon attracting the best teachers, and focusing on our mission to provide the higher educational excellence Kentucky students deserve. We encourage anyone who supports basic due process rights for employees and academic freedom to sign our petition in support of this resolution opposing the elimination of tenure and continuing status.

Updates

January 6, 2009

Reflecting on the emails I have received lately reminds me that this issue affects so many of us in ways I initially underestimated. I am just a person who hit publish on a page because I was worried, but the sheer depth of your shared knowledge has truly turned this into something far bigger than me.

January 6, 2009

I am honestly overwhelmed by the momentum building behind this effort. This is entirely the result of the passion you have all shown for protecting academic standards, and I am just humbled to be a part of it.

Reached 100 supporters

January 6, 2009

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Linda Salazar
17 years ago Featured

My kids go here and they need the most experienced teachers possible. Don't ruin their education just to save a few bucks.

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David Schneider
17 years ago Featured

Academic freedom is a big deal. You cant just strip away rights that have been in place for years. Stop this.

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Karen Hughes
17 years ago Featured

keep tenure. we need good teachers who dont have to worry about being fired for no reason. do the right thing and back off.

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Mike Mansour
17 years ago Featured

They want the best instructors but then they pull this?? Good luck finding anyone qualified if you treat staff like this.

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Sarah Reed
17 years ago Featured

This is a terrible idea. Teachers deserve job security if they are going to do their best for us. Leave tenure alone.

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Jason Bryant
17 years ago Featured

Total garbage. The faculty works hard enough as it is. Stop messing with their livelihoods.

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