The story of faculty tenure and community colleges around the country is complicated. As here in Texas, some schools have it, some don't. Even at universities, tenured faculty nationwide now teach a minority of classes, though the decline is caused mainly by the increased use of adjunct faculty.
Kentucky has "grandfathered" its tenured faculty at two-year schools, but will otherwise offer only short-term contracts to its new hires.
Here's a summary from the Associated Press:
VERSAILLES, Ky. – The Kentucky Community and Technical College System's governing board voted Friday to abolish tenure for all new faculty members. Under the policy, faculty hired on or after July 1 will be employed on a contractual basis, without tenure. Tenured faculty already at the system's 16 schools will not be affected.
Several community college professors carrying signs that read “Keep Tenure”' attended the meeting at the system's headquarters. After the vote, they told the Lexington Herald-Leader they will ask the state legislature to restore tenure.
There are 890 tenured employees in the system and 168 on track for tenure.
-- Associated Press
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