May-June 2000

May-June 2000

Volume 86, Number 3

Contents

Features

An Appreciation: Jordan E. Kurland and the Work of Committee A
By Bertram Davis
A former general secretary of the AAUP commends a colleague's work.

The Campaign Against Tenure
By Matthew W. Finkin
Tenure is under attack, but the case against it is weak.

Tenure & Academic Excellence
By Linda L. Carroll
Only a stable faculty can maintain the quality of higher education.

The Incredible Shrinking Faculty
An Interview with Lawrence Poston
Blame inadequate funding, not tenure, for the academy's ills.

A Dean Looks at Tenure
An Interview with Catharine R. Stimpson
Academe interviews the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University.

Faculty Ranks and Reviews: One Institution's Solution
By A. Ravi P. Rau, Michelle A. Masse, Eugene R. Wittkopf, and Ralph A. Kinney
Louisiana State University regularizes its off-the-ladder appointments.

Letters to the Editor

Ethics in the Curriculum
Richard M. Perloff

Portfolio Paranoia
Roberta Ralston Dimond

Ounce of Prevention
Richard H. Schwartz

Nota Bene

Retirements on the Rise
By Hans P. Johnson

Confronting Plagiarism
By Hans P. Johnson

Columns

From The Editor
Ellen Schrecker

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