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Georgia’s University System Takes On TenureThe Board of Regents has given its universities the power to fire tenured professors without faculty input. Now some fear that academic freedom is threatened, too.

University of Georgia System Under InvestigationThe AAUP will conduct an investigation of the system after its board of regents voted to adopt a post-tenure review policy that makes it possible to fire a tenured faculty member without a dismissal hearing.

'Mask it or casket:' Georgia college faculty, frustrated by lack of COVID-19 mandates, take a standAt least 16 colleges spanning 19 campuses in Georgia are planning week-long protests beginning Monday over the lack of mask and vaccine mandates.

Most students support vaccine mandatesTwo new polls find students overwhelmingly support vaccine and mask mandates at their institutions and are hesitant about returning to normal college life.

Penn State mandates employee vaccines, citing Biden orderPenn State may be among the first institutions to announce it will require COVID-19 vaccination for employees due to Biden administration order requiring vaccination for federal contractors.

Tenure under threat in GeorgiaProfessors within the University System of Georgia say the Board of Regents' policy proposals seek to centralize power and end, not update, tenure.

Proposed Board of Regents Policy Revisions Post-Tenure Review and Annual Review (8.3) - To be voted on in the October meeting.

Changes in BoR Policy proposed to the BoR 2021-09-09 (3).pdf

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Revised Policy 8.3.9 Proposal - Note that the last part of 8.3.9 above has been replaced by the new language in red below, as of last Friday.

A 'crazy catch-22' for professors in GeorgiaUniversity System of Georgia professors demand a mask mandate and more options for teaching students in quarantine as the system considers disciplinary action, up to suspension, for professors who take classroom COVID-19 mitigation into their own hands.

State politics influenced college reopening plans, data showNew analysis found that a college's reopening decision for the fall term is tied to the red or blue shade of its state, even if political pressure may not be direct.

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