July 6, 2001

Professors at U. of Wisconsin System Blast the Firing of a Tenured Colleague

By ROBIN WILSON

Faculty Senates in the University of Wisconsin System have proposed resolutions condemning the decision by the Board of Regents to dismiss a tenured professor on the Superior campus. The faculty member, John B. Marder, an associate professor of mass communications, is planning to challenge the decision in court.

Last month, the board voted to dismiss Mr. Marder, even though both a faculty committee and a committee of the board itself had investigated and found no reason for his

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