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Due Process In Decisions Relating To Tenure In Higher Education, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The Special Committee on Education and the Law first interested itself in tenure procedures when a subcommittee looked into recent cases that challenged the confidentiality of votes in tenure decisions. That inquiry led to a broader examination of the processes that are or should be used when universities decide whether to confer tenure, or (less frequently) move to terminate a tenured appointment. This report is the outcome of that study.