Academic Freedom and Tenure: Auburn University.

Collins, Jacquelin; Turnbull, Lucy

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Publication Date: 1983

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Academic Freedom and Tenure: Auburn University.

Collins, Jacquelin; Turnbull, Lucy

Academe, Bulletin of the AAUP v69 n3 p24-32 May-Jun 1983

The case of a music faculty member's dismissal after 10 years of continuous full-time employment is chronicled, and these issues are discussed: probation, evaluation, and tenure; failure to reach a timely decision on tenure; action tantamount to dismissal for cause; other similar cases; and sex discrimination. (MSE)

Descriptors: Career Ladders, College Faculty, Due Process, Evaluation Criteria, Full Time Faculty, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Peer Relationship, Probationary Period, Professional Associations, Sex Discrimination, Teacher Dismissal, Tenure

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