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The tenured prof claims his reassignment violates free speech and seeks reinstatement and damages.
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Summers was made a tenured professor at Harvard at 28 and won the John Bates Clark Medal given to outstanding American economists under age 40.
—Janet Lorin, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
Abbott’s post on social media was inspired by the ouster of Art Markman, a tenured psychology professor at the University of Texas, from his administrative role in academic affairs, though not apparently his teaching position.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025
In the program’s first six months, which began in March, 75 devices were purchased — 60 of which were given to tenured staff, according to the Sheriff’s Office report given to the Board of Supervisors.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Summers was made a tenured professor at Harvard at 28 and won the John Bates Clark Medal given to outstanding American economists under age 40.
—Janet Lorin, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
Abbott’s post on social media was inspired by the ouster of Art Markman, a tenured psychology professor at the University of Texas, from his administrative role in academic affairs, though not apparently his teaching position.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025
In the program’s first six months, which began in March, 75 devices were purchased — 60 of which were given to tenured staff, according to the Sheriff’s Office report given to the Board of Supervisors.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Tenured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenured. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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tenured
adjective
ten·ured
-yərd 
: having tenure
tenured teachers
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