Others echoed that position throughout the weekend. Armstrong described tenure as a lifetime contract. He said the school can go to court and fight over the definition we have, or we can try to define it. The school needs to define the terms of the contract, look at what this means and do it soon. In the conference report, a document on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure, was unanimously adopted by all in attendance and forwarded to the Economic Security Task Force.
Tenure does, however, assure academic freedom.
The report of faculty Economic Security Task Force will play a major role in determining the outcomes on the tenure question. Comments and suggestions should be sent to the task force chair, Dale Garell.