Approved without dissent or abstention of record by the University of Michigan Senate Assembly on December 12, 1994.
Tenure is important.
It is something we work very hard to get, and, when we get it, it is something we spend a lot of time awarding or denying. There are probably many different answers. The members of the Standing Subcommittee on Tenure have spent the past two years researching and debating these questions. Regents Bylaw 5.09 is rarely invoked. This will undoubtedly seem comforting to many.