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An instructor at Hamline U showed an image of Muhammad in an art history class. The president criticized the instructor for doing so. Another professor, who tried to explain the situation with an essay in the student paper, had his piece removed.
“This decision puts one more nail in the coffin of tenure,” said one of those dismissed by the College of Saint Rose.
A state supreme court ruled that the College of Saint Rose violated its own faculty manual in sacking four music professors — a decision the plaintiffs are calling a victory for the sanctity of tenure.
Some faculty members and the American Association of University Professors have criticized the move as a hobbling of tenure.
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