Zuelsdorf v. University of Alaska

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether two non-tenured assistant professors at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, received proper notice of nonretention. The superior court entered summary judgment for the University. We reverse and remand.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Catherine M. Zuelsdorf and Patrick Daley were assistant professors at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the 1985-86 academic year. Their letters of appointment stated that the conditions of their employment would be governed by the University personnel policies and regulations “in effect…