KCTCS ends tenure for new faculty

This from H-L:

VERSAILLES — The governing board of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System voted just before noon Friday to eliminate tenure for new faculty members in the system.

Tenured teachers already on staff at the system's 16 community and technical colleges will not be affected.

Faculty members from a number of community colleges turned out to oppose the move, some carrying signs saying "Keep Tenure." Board of Regents chairman Richard Bean warned them at one point that anyone who stood or held their signs above eye level would be removed from the meeting room...