Colo. Regents Reject Promotion of Erotic-Literature Scholar.

Wilson, Robin

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ERIC Number: EJ491355

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Colo. Regents Reject Promotion of Erotic-Literature Scholar.

Wilson, Robin

Chronicle of Higher Education, v41 n5 pA24 Sep 28 1994

The Board of Governors of the University of Colorado at Boulder has turned down the promotion of an associate professor of English who specializes in study of erotic literature and obscenity. Critics call the ruling a breech of both academic freedom and faculty governance. (MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Controversial Issues (Course Content), English Literature, Faculty Promotion, Governance, Governing Boards, Higher Education, Obscenity, Scholarship, Sexuality, State Universities

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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