Federal Appeals Court Upholds Financial Protections of Tenure in Case From Puerto Rico

by E Wayne Ross on February 23, 2009

The Chronicle: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Financial Protections of Tenure in Case From Puerto Rico

Tenure affords college faculty members distinct income protections, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday in a decision denying a Puerto Rican private college the ability to rid itself of a professor by simply paying him the minimum severance package required under a commonwealth law.