Academic Tenure and Retrenchment: The U.S. Experience.

Caston, Geoffrey

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ERIC Number: EJ271872

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Publication Date: 1982

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Academic Tenure and Retrenchment: The U.S. Experience.

Caston, Geoffrey

Oxford Review of Education, v8 n3 p299-307 1982

Traces the history of tenure plans in U.S. universities since the late 1800s and the response of university faculties to retrenchment efforts. Legal decisions concerning the university's rights to dismiss tenured professors because of funding cutbacks are discussed. (AM)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational History, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education, Job Layoff, Retrenchment, Tenure

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Language: English

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