A Happy Medium

A compromise on reviewing the work of tenured professors satisfies everyone

By PIPER FOGG

Eight years ago at the Rochester Institute of Technology, a proposal to review the work of tenured professors sent shock waves through the faculty.

At a deans' meeting, Rochester's president, Albert J. Simone, announced that the institution needed a way to force out underperforming professors....

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