Batla v. North Dakota State University

GIERKE, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, North Dakota State University [NDSU]. We affirm.

Fahim Batía [Batía] was hired by NDSU as a non-tenured associate professor of en gineering for the 1979-1980 year. Batía contends that at the time of his initial hiring he was promised two years’ credit toward tenure. Thereafter, his employment was renewed for the following years: 1980-1981, 1981-1982, and 1982-1983. According to the regulations of the State Board of Higher Education [the Board] on Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Due Process in…