Leaders of the College of New Jersey Overturn a Widely Protested Tenure Denial

Top officials at the College of New Jersey have taken the unusual step of granting tenure to an assistant professor over the objections of a dean and a faculty panel who had triggered controversy by calling for his tenure bid to be denied.

The college's Board of Trustees voted to grant tenure to Nagesh Rao, an assistant professor of English, last week at the recommendation of the college's provost and executive vice president, Carol M. Bresnahan. Ms. Bresnahan said in a June 11

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