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)

Reviews current court cases pertaining to infringements on academic freedom and considers their relationship to arguments concerning tenure. In particular, raises such issues as how the First Amendment protects the academic freedom of faculty and if there are alternative safeguards. Concludes that eliminating tenure would jeopardize academic…