May-June 2000

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.