Legal Opinion
Janet Lever v. Northwestern University
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 9, 1992No. 91-3571PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Janet Lever, an assistant professor of sociology at Northwestern University, was considered for tenure during the 1979-80 academic year, her sixth with the University. Her department unanimously recommended promotion to associate professor, but the Committee on Promotions and Tenure of the College of Arts and Sciences fell one vote short of the two-thirds needed to recommend tenure. On May 5, 1980, Rudolph Weingartner, Dean of the College, wrote to Lever: “I am sorry that I must inform you that I shall not recommend to the Provost that you be promoted to the rank of…
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