January 6, 2006

All Eyes on Tenure

By PIPER FOGG

Amid public scrutiny, the U. of Colorado reviews its process for awarding the coveted status

The University of Colorado, in an attempt to counter public perception that it isn't paying attention to the quality of its faculty, has begun a review of tenure on all four of its campuses.

The university hopes to defuse a political uproar sparked early this year when a professor, Ward Churchill, compared the victims of the September 11 terrorists attacks to Nazis. Public outrage only

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