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SD House Speaker Mark Mickelson Wants to Do Away with University Collective Bargaining

SD House Speaker Mark Mickelson Wants to Do Away with University Collective Bargaining

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South Dakota House Speaker Mark Mickelson wants to do away with collective bargaining for instructors at the state’s universities.
He says the Board of Regents management of the universities has to change……

Mickelson says only public university instructors have the right to collective bargaining……

Mickelson says he is also concerned about tenure granted to university professors……

Mickelson says the Regents need to respond more rapidly to market forces.

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