October 31, 2003

4 Fateful Letters

By ROBIN WILSON

Professors denied tenure at a small private college in Wisconsin fight back
Waukesha, Wis.

On a cold, blustery Saturday last semester, Kevin McMahon and his wife, Charlene, were planning to catch a late lunch and perhaps a movie. It had been a stressful year for the two assistant professors of chemistry at Carroll College, with a toddler at home and the strain of coming up for tenure at the same time.

But just before their babysitter

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