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[School] DePaul University [Issue and Date] 2009: The tenure climate at DePaul has become increasingly problematic over the past few years. The university tenure board has started a trend of overturning unanimous department and college decisions without justification. This growing number of unjustified reversals has affected multiple programs across the university. The university didn’t even have a tenure appeal process until a few years ago. Since then the number of appeals has continued to rise, but the president has refused to overturn controversial denials even when independent appeal boards have recommended that he do so. Further, the provost has interfered in the process by trying to coerce appeal boards into siding with the administration. The Faculty Governance Council (FGC) of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has issued two separate reports, in 2007 and 2009, criticizing the university’s inconsistency and lack of transparency in its tenure practices. Yet, the president and provost are giving no ground, and change in the near future seems unlikely. Within this context of fear and uncertainty, all untenured faculty are at risk. Here are some links to materials related to these recent tenure issues.: 2007 FGC Report Provost’s interference in appeal process (pdf) Press about 2009 denials: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-depaul-tenure_grossmannov01,0,648862.story http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Denied-Tenure-Female-Faculty/8671/ http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/02/qt/women_contest_tenure_denials_at_depaul DePaul also uses hundreds of adjuncts, whom they treat like dirt. The history department uses a dozen or more every term (until the recent economic crunch--they've cut back on number of courses offered the current quarter). There is no rhyme or reason to how they choose who gets to teach each year--no priority for seniority, etc. The irony is that adjuncts are on the faculty e-mail list which constantly spews messages from the university's "Vincentian Values Committee"--all about the importance of justice and righteousness. Of course, they've NEVER hired an adjunct or VAP for TT. If you're good enough to teach our students, you're certainly not good enough to be a colleague. 2010: 'Leona Helmsley Tenure Process' May 27, 2010: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/05/27/depaul Group Of Professors Alleges Racism At DePaul November 17, 2010 DePaul Prof: 'I Was Denied Tenure Because of Racism' 19 Nov 2010 "AAUP National Office Letter to DePaul President Holtschneider Re: Namita Goswami Case" December 15, 2010: http://english.sxu.edu/sites/kirstein/archives/6249 "At DePaul U., Worries About Tenure Turmoil's Effect on Hiring" Chronicle. January 7, 2011: http://chronicle.com/article/At-DePaul-U-Worries-About/125876/ "More Than a Coincidence?" Inside Higher Ed. January 4, 2011 [Department] 
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