July 23, 1999

College Sues Scholars Who Fail to Return From Sabbaticals

By ROBIN WILSON

When Jack Gantos and Jenefer P. Shute went on sabbatical from Emerson College, they knew that they were required to come back and teach for a year. What they didn't know is that when they failed to return, the college would take them to court.

Emerson hired a Boston law firm to demand that the professors repay the salaries they had received while they were on

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