There, he made several demands, among them eliminating tenure for teachers.

In March 2009 he presided over the Board's decision to eliminate tenure for new hires to the state's community college system.

The only proposal that will satisfy us is legislation eliminating principal tenure.

He said that eliminating tenure for principals was even more difficult in light of the opposition from teachers, who also have tenure under state law.

I started off with one possible reform: how about eliminating tenure for professors?

The politically powerful teachers' union has been seen as a barrier to any move to eliminate tenure.

The Board of Education also needs to consider eliminating tenure for principals.

Mr. Murphy says he would eliminate tenure for school administrators, including principals.

A few states are eliminating tenure and creating a system of rolling contracts for teachers.

"We never intended to eliminate tenure," she said, "but only to be more mainstream and in line with the other Big Ten institutions."