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[winston1]

The first assault on tenure in Georgia has already occurred. When Georgia Gwinnett College, a four-year college in Lawrenceville, GA, opened in 2005/2006, none of its faculty were tenured or tenure-track, and according to their president, Georgia Gwinnett College will never have tenured faculty or department chairs.  The Board of Regents approved this model.

[mirandaf]

I believe this is the article to which the OP refers: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/06/2009061901c.htm.

[csguy]

I personally believe the shared governance issue is the critical one. The corporate types just don't believe that employees may know better than management.

Admittedly academic freedom is rarely an issue in my field.

[jonesey]

Many of Florida's CC's are switching to an "annual contract" system with no tenure, although some are still hired on a traditional TT system.  It remains to be seen which way the future will go.

[mountain_ivy]

I think the main point of this article has been overlooked by my fora colleagues because of the "two year college" in the title of this article. 

Grade schools don't talk to middle schools; middle schools don't talk to high schools; high schools don't talk to community colleges; and god knows that community colleges don't talk to four year and above.

OK, I'm exaggerating, but it seems to me that the point of this article is that two year and four year (and above) schools stand together or they...eventually...fall together, when it comes to tenure.

If politicians can point to CCs without tenure as a model for four year (and above), shouldn't my colleagues in four year schools be  concerned.

My CC murdered tenure several decades ago; we now have the contract system.  Four years:  take note.  Why not you?

[csguy]

OK, I'm exaggerating, but it seems to me that the point of this article is that two year and four year (and above) schools stand together or they...eventually...fall together, when it comes to tenure.

If politicians can point to CCs without tenure as a model for four year (and above), shouldn't my colleagues in four year schools be  concerned.

My CC murdered tenure several decades ago; we now have the contract system.  Four years:  take note.  Why not you?

As the OP mentioned Georgia Gwinnett College (public four year) does not have tenure. I know of some privates that don't have a tt system as well.

But we need to do a much better job defending tenure somehow. I am not optimistic.