The Chronicle News Blog: Debate at DePaul Over Whether 2 Professors Can Appeal Tenure Denials
A week after DePaul University caused an uproar by denying tenure to two professors, administrators and faculty members are arguing over whether the two can appeal the decisions.
Norman G. Finkelstein, an assistant professor of political science, and Mehrene E. Larudee, an assistant professor of international studies, say they are following the faculty handbook in seeking independent reviews of their tenure cases, but administrators disagree. “It’s the university’s position that there is no appeal,” a spokeswoman said this afternoon.
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