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AFT Resolution

TENURE QUOTAS

WHEREAS, many colleges and universities are considering or have already implemented quota systems, sometimes retroactively, under the guise of ensuring "healthy ratios" between tenured and non-tenured members of their staffs; and

WHEREAS, such quota systems often have the effect of excluding the young, women, and minorities from a career in their chosen professions:

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers strongly opposes the imposition of tenure quotas; and

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers urges all of its college and university locals to fight against implementation of systems of tenure quotas, and to incorporate language into collective bargaining agreements prohibiting tenure quotas.

(1977)

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