Academic Tenure

If passed, Senate Bill 18 would not allow public universities in Texas to offer professors tenure after Sept. 1, 2023. However, the proposal would not affect professors who currently have tenure.

The board of the Alamo Colleges voted 5 to 3 to offer multi-year contracts to full-time faculty Tuesday evening without bringing tenure up for a vote.

It’s been more than a decade since the Alamo Colleges paused its tenure program. Full-time faculty hired prior to 2011 have tenure, but faculty hired since then do not.