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It could be happening at Wayne State University:

Union representatives claim that a proposal offered last week by the administration would do away with the traditional tenure system at Detroit’s research university.

According to Inside Higher Ed, reps for the local chapter affiliated with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) condemn the proposal for allowing WSU more leeway to dismiss tenured faculty members.

“This is an astonishing power grab by the administration,” Professor Charles Parrish, union president, told The Huffington Post.

In a statement shared on the forum EMUTalk.org, chief faculty negotiator Professor Anca Vlasopolos said this change would make WSU the first research university in the country to eliminate tenure, though a report by AAUP points to weakened tenure rights in the Louisiana university system.

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