I would have said that public universities in the US are accountable to their boards of regents far moreso than the sinister "bureaucrats in the federal governm

I would have said that public universities in the US are accountable to their boards of regents far moreso than the sinister "bureaucrats in the federal government." I didn't think much about this until the recent news that the University System of Georgia was effectively ending tenure for its professors, and the drivers of that policy were the USG Board of Regents. > To many professors, the most alarming proposal is that a faculty member may not only be separated from the university for clear cause, but also reasons “other than for cause," pursuant to other board policies. “Such other policies shall not be governed by or subject to the following policies on Grounds for Removal and Procedures for Dismissal,” the proposed change also says. From: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/10/04/tenure-under-threat-georgia https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/10/04/tenure-under-... So I looked up the USG Board of Regents: https://www.usg.edu/regents/members https://www.usg.edu/regents/members And it turns out that most of them are CEOs or work in finance -- the people who represent "capital" more than any others I can think of. For these people to decide that it should be easier to fire "tenured" professors makes sense to me, in that these are the people who would benefit most from being able to silence, for example, expert witnesses, far more than federal bureaucrats meddling in academic freedom.