Legal Opinion
Shoucair v. Brown University
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 9, 2007No. 2005-145-AppealPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.
Professor Fred Shoucair was, by all accounts, a dedicated and qualified teacher in the division of engineering at Brown University, but in today’s world of major research universities that is often not enough to merit tenure. After he was denied tenure in 1993, Shoucair filed a civil action against Brown, alleging unlawful employment practices in violation of the Fan’ Employment Practices Act. Brown maintained that, in effect, Shoucair fell short of tenure by virtue of a modern corollary to the venerable “publish or perish” adage— one that assesses…
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