ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, November 15, 1996              TAG: 9611150067
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-3  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ALLISON BLAKE 

COLLEGE COUNCIL LIKES TECH TENURE TACK

Virginia Tech won praise this week for its annual restructuring plan update, which included a new tenure review policy. The State Council of Higher Education did make one suggestion, however, said spokesman Mike McDowell. Four colleges, including Tech, might want to consider setting up a timetable for dismissal of faculty with a history of unsatisfactory performance, he said.

The other schools are the University of Virginia, Virginia Military Institute and George Mason University. Tech's policy handles such incidents on a case-by-case basis, McDowell said.

State colleges and universities have spent the past year setting up post-tenure review policies. Tenure, which ensures academic freedom and often a job, is awarded to professors after they undergo lengthy academic scrutiny.

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