When the Cleveland, Ohio, school board had to make radical cuts in its budget last spring, it was forced to eliminate 540 teaching jobs. There wasn't a whole lot of mystery about "which" teachers among Cleveland's 3,500-member teaching force would be the ones to lose their jobs. The state's hard-and-fast seniority rule--last hired, first…

This report examines post-tenure review for college faculty and reviews initiatives to strengthen post-tenure review at Oregon University System (OUS) institutions. It defines post-tenure review and discusses the issues involved in implementing such policies. The report addresses the components of the post-tenure review process, including…

Chronicles a period of unrest over faculty tenure at the University of Minnesota (1995-97), focusing on the law school's role in the controversy and its resolution. Tells the story in three parts: proposed changes to tenure regulations in 1995; the part played by the university's regents, and the faculty's response; and intervention by the law…

It is the purpose of this chapter to show some of the more outstanding tendencies and examples of legislation affecting education in the United States during 1935 and 1936. During these years the legislature of every State had one or more legislative sessions, and, in addition, special sessions were called in many States. Moreover, many…