Tenure

Judges reverse decision that applied unusual Puerto Rico law to limit ability of a professor to challenge an unfair dismissal.

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges:

Bowdoin College

• Charles Dorn, education
• David M. Gordon, history
• Aaron W. Kitch, English
• Elizabeth A. Pritchard, religion
• Vineet A. Shende, music
• Laura I. Toma, computer science

Hartwick College

• Kristin Roti Jones, economics
• Tina Sullivan, nursing
• Mark Wolff, French

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Northwestern president asks colleagues to back law schools' push to end accreditor's requirement on faculty tenure.

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges:

Emerson College

--Pierre Archambault, visual and media arts
--Martie Cook, visual and media arts
--Brooke Knight, visual and media arts

University of Nevada at Las Vegas

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges:

Clarkson University

--Andrea Ferro, civil and environmental engineering
--Kathleen Fowler, mathematics
--Pier Marzocca, mechanical and aeronautical engineering
--Alan Rossner, biology
--Edward S. Sazonov, electrical and computer engineering
--Stephanie A. Schuckers, electrical and computer engineering

Ithaca College

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges:

Eastern Illinois University

• Lilian Barria, political science
• John Mace, psychology
• Karen Swenson, political science

Sonoma State University

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges:

Beloit College

--James R. Rougvie, geology
--Pablo Toral, political science

Amid outcry from faculty, the board of the state's community college system votes today on whether or not to eliminate the tenure track for all new hires.

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges:

Frostburg State University

--Alemseged Abbay, history
--Frank Ammer, biology
--Peggy Biser, chemistry
--Evan Offstein, management
--Jodi Welsch, educational professions

Trinity University (Texas)