What is it about?
Brief article on how the department chair is critical in tenure and promotion. However, with more scholars challenging the system, department chairs and deans must maintain fairness in making such critical decisions.
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Several lawsuits show that the plaintiff can make a case because of the unfair and inconsistent application of tenure and promotion policies.
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Tenure and promotion are not about some popularity contest. But when one reviews recent tenure lawsuits- preferential treatment for mainstream scholars can lead to messy legal action
Leah P. Hollis
Rutgers University New Brunswick
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This page is a summary of: Department Chair to Witness Box: When Mercurial Tenure and Promotion Processes Lead to Court, The Department Chair, March 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/dch.30443.
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