Depaul is Terminating the Terminal Year

by E Wayne Ross on August 27, 2007

Inside Higher Ed: Terminating the Terminal Year

When DePaul University rejected Norman Finkelstein’s bid for tenure in June, all the documents in the very divided review of his record suggested no dispute over the high quality of his teaching. The tenure denial also said that Finkelstein would receive a contract for this coming academic year — the “terminal year” contract that is standard for colleges to offer those who have been denied tenure.