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Cary Nelson and Jane Buck

Resources on Tenure

AAUP Policy Statements, Reports, & Analysis 

Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure. 1940. 

Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings. 1958

Statement on Procedural Standards in the Renewal or Nonrenewal of Faculty Appointments

Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure

Tenure and Teaching-Intensive Appointments (2010)

Post-Tenure Review: An AAUP Response

Incentives to Forego Tenure (approved for publication by Committee A in November 2000)

Legal Round-Up: What’s New and Noteworthy for Higher Education? 2010. By Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel and Kathi Westcott, Associate Counsel. Presentation for July 2010 AAUP Summer Institute.

Post-Tenure Review: Some Case Law. 2005.  By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Informational outline.

Managing Faculty Productivity After Tenure. 2005. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel, & Barbara A. Lee, Rutgers University. Informational outline.

De Facto Tenure. 2005 update. Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Informational outline.

Faculty Termination & Disciplinary Issues. 2004. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel.  Presentation to 14th Annual Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference, University of Vermont.

Court Cases Involving Tenure As Remedy For Discrimination. 2003. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Informational outline.

Tenure: Current Legal Perspectives and Challenges. 2002. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Informational outline.

Faculty Issues in Tough Times. 2001. By Donna R. Euben, AAUP Counsel. Informational outline.

Academe: Magazine of the AAUP

Opinions expressed in Academe's contributed feature articles and reviews are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the policies of the AAUP.

Columns

What We Do to Our Young. May-June, 2009. By Gary Rhoades. From the General Secretary.

Post-Tenure-Review Blues? November-December 2005. By Donna R. Euben.  Legal watch. 

Tenure in Hand. September-October 2004.  By Martin D. Snyder.  State of the Profession.

Tenure and Its Discontents. November-December 2003. By Mary A. Burgan. From the General Secretary.

Tenure and Diversity. September-October 2003. By Anita Levy. State of the Profession.

Tenure Expands. January-February 2003. By Ruth Flower. From the General Secretary. 

Misconduct Accusations in Tenure Reviews. January-February 2003. By Donna R. Euben. Legal Watch.

A Hard Choice About Tenure. November-December 2002. By Martin Snyder. State of the Profession.

Tenure Now. July-August 2002. By Mary A. Burgan From the General Secretary.

Publish or Perish: The Ever-Higher Publications Hurdle for Tenure.
July-August 2002. By Donna R. Euben. Legal Watch.

Features and News

Victory for Tenure Rights in Louisiana. November-December 2010. By Jordan E. Kurland. Nota Bene.

On Extending the Probationary Period. January-February, 2009. By James G. Andrews.

September-October 2008, The Future of Tenure

Beyond the Siege Mentality. By Andrew Ross.

Across the Great Divide. By Cary Nelson.

Amending Higher Education’s Constitution. By Cathy A. Trower.

Tenure Wild Cards. By Robert Zemsky.

Reviewing Post-Tenure Review. By Anne D. Neal.

Save Tenure Now. By Mary Burgan.

The Future of Humanities Labor. By Mark Bauerlein.

Scholarship Is Changing, and So Must Tenure Review. By Sylvia Hurtado and Jessica Sharkness.

Two Approaches to Tenure and Promotion Criteria. January-February 2008. By Eugene Matusov and Robert Hampel.

Who Got to Decide on Nadia Abu El-Haj’sTenure? January-February 2008. By Dan Rabinowitz and Ronen Shamir

Tenure Denied over Topic of Research.  July-August 2007. By Anita Levy. Nota Bene

Art Institute Faculty Win Tenure.  November-December 2005.  By Gwendolyn Bradley. AAUP at Work.

Proportion on Tenure Track Drops. July-August 2005. By Gwendolyn Bradley. Nota Bene.

Tenure Rights Expanded at Western Michigan University.  January-February 2003. AAUP at Work.

Professor's Dismissal Subject of Court Battle. November-December 2002.   Nota Bene.

Disciplinary Group Says Junior Scholars Face Crisis. November-December 2002.   Nota Bene.

NYU Settles Tenure Denial Case. September-October 2002. Nota Bene.

The Family and Medical Leave Act: Questions and Answers for the Academic Community. September-October 2002. By Donna R. Euben and Saranna R. Thornton.

Marxist Professor Tenured Despite Community Protest. July-August 2002. Nota Bene

Making Defensible Tenure Decisions. November-December 2001. By Ann Franke.

Does Collegiality Count?  November-December 2001. By Mary Ann Connell And Frederick G. Savage.

 Report Suggests Tenure Evaluation. November-December 2000. Nota Bene.

May-June 2000, Tenure: Will It Survive?

The Campaign Against Tenure. By Matthew W. Finkin

Tenure & Academic Excellence. By Linda L. Carroll

The Incredible Shrinking Faculty: An Interview with Lawrence Poston

A Dean Looks at Tenure: An Interview with Catharine R. Stimpson

Other AAUP Resources

Some Implications of Tenure for the Profession and Society. By Ernst Benjamin.

Faculty and Management Rights in Higher Education Collective Bargaining: A Faculty Perspective. By Ernst Benjamin. Presentation at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Profession on April 14, 1997.

(updated 12/10)