Legal Issues in Terminating Tenured Faculty Members Because of Financial Exigency.

Saunders, Marybeth K.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Legal Issues in Terminating Tenured Faculty Members Because of Financial Exigency.

Saunders, Marybeth K.

Educational Record, v65 n1 p12-17 Win 1984

An overview of recent court cases concerning dismissal of tenured college faculty for reasons of financial exigency focuses on court definitions of exigency, criteria for "just cause" for termination, due process requirements, reemployment, compensation for wrongful termination, and legal requirements that constitute "good faith." (MSE)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Court Litigation, Due Process, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, School Responsibility, Teacher Dismissal, Tenure

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