Zimmerman v. Appalachian State University

BIGGS, Judge.

This appeal arises from a 1995 decision by administrators of Appalachian State University (ASU) not to offer a reappointment contract to Ward B. Zimmerman (petitioner), at that time a non-tenured faculty member. The trial court’s order reversed the decision of the Board of Governors to leave undisturbed the earlier decisions by ASU’s Chancellor and its Trustees, and ordered petitioner reinstated to the ASU faculty. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court.

The record, including the transcript of a hearing conducted by ASU’s Faculty Grievance Hearing Committee…