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Md. Lawmakers Vote to Require Reports on University Porn Policies

Posted on April 8, 2009 by | Comments Off on Md. Lawmakers Vote to Require Reports on University Porn Policies

Washington Post: Md. Lawmakers Vote to Require Reports on University Porn Policies

Budget negotiators from the Maryland General Assembly agreed this afternoon to require reports from public universities about their policies on displaying or screening pornographic films. But the provision adopted by lawmakers does not make university funding contingent on the report.

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Defeating Post-Tenure Review

Posted on March 25, 2009 by | Comments Off on Defeating Post-Tenure Review

Inside Higher Ed: Defeating Post-Tenure Review

Who reviews the performance of tenured faculty members? Can such reviews have teeth without interfering with the principles of tenure?

Those issues are central to discussions of post-tenure review, a process that exists in some form at many colleges and can be controversial. The University of Maryland at College Park found that out this month when the faculty considered a proposal that would have required annual reviews of tenured faculty performance, and would have allowed sanctions, including pay cuts for some professors who receive three consecutive years of negative reviews. The faculty overwhelmingly rejected the plan, seeing it as unnecessary, unfair and a diminishment of tenure.

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