Opinion ID: 1161665
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Failure to Review Full Record.

Text: Even assuming the terms of the offer letter and various oral statements made established that tenure review would be based on Trimble's entire teaching and scholarship record, and assuming those statements became a part of the employment contract, Trimble still cannot prevail on this claim. The record contains evidence that this full record was considered and Trimble is not able to refute this. There is testimony that Trimble's curriculum vitae and record of publications written while at the University of Tennessee were considered in the tenure review process. Trimble asserts the Faculty Status Committee considered the early date for tenure consideration to be a serious handicap, which led to his being unable to put together a record of teaching improvement. However, this alone is insufficient to establish that Trimble's entire record of teaching and scholarship was not considered.