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bpetrosk@dmreg.com, Des Moines Register: Politics
Thu, 01/18/2018 - 3:54pm

The Iowa Board of Regents strongly opposed the bill, warning that abolishing tenure — which offers professors a permanent job contract — would seriously hamper Iowa's ability to attract quality faculty members.        

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