The Personality Problem.

Zirkel, Perry A.

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ERIC Number: EJ583690

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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The Personality Problem.

Zirkel, Perry A.

Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n8 p622,624,638 Apr 1999

Reviews a tenure case involving a visiting female assistant professor at the University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business. Up for early tenure review, she was rejected due to personality differences (an unstated tenure criterion). She lost in the courts, which increasingly disdain individual collegiality and First Amendment claims. (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Business Administration Education, Collegiality, Court Litigation, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Personality, Tenured Faculty, Women Faculty

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment

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