My Tenure Biennium

A review of My Tenure Biennium  from May 30, 2012 can be found in the Murray Ledger and Times.

My Tenure Biennium review

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There is a review of the book My Tenure Biennium in the March 9th issue of The Murray State News.
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Tenure

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See a description (and/or buy) My Tenure Biennium a memoir by this blogger at this link on CreateSpace.
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My Tenure Biennium a memoir

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The book is about an extremely unusual tenure case.
It can be obtained at the MSU Book Store in the Curris Center in Murray KY or ordered from donna.witherspoon@murraystate.edu or 1-800-749-8580. The price is $12 (plus postage if applicable).

Murray, KY, 1981 In the midst of a campus-wide political crisis in which a board of regents is unable to oust a transformational president, a failed department chairman makes his third application for tenure, withholds evidence from another applicant’s tenure file, and begins a whispering campaign. A politically secure dean, who had sided with the board, cooperates with the chairman’s misconduct and presents the upper administration with an interesting opportunity. What will they do?

Readers’ Comments about My Tenure Biennium

From readers who were there:

Your recollections, most capably presented in your Tenure Biennium, were, for the most part, similar to my own.
Constantine W. Curris, Murray State University President, 1973-83

“I got it in the mail yesterday and I read it last night.
Couldn’t put it down. Very interesting reading.”
Vaughn Vandegrift - Chair of MSU Dept of Chemistry, (1982-88)
Chancellor, SIU – Edwardsville - present

“ remarkably detailed … exceptional documentation … certainly intrigue and politics appear to have played a role.”
James L. Booth - VPAP– Acting President – Provost, MSU (1982-1998)

"Wayne's story is told with more evidence, greater honesty, a higher level of thoughtful, self-reflective analysis, and, a keener sense of humor than I would have ever thought possible from any Ph.D., especially one who survived such an academic nightmare!”
Ken Wolf – MSU Associate Professor of History during the biennium

“I took my guidance from the chapters' epigraphs that provide an eclectic soundtrack -- from Bob Dylan to the Psalms to Willie Nelson -- …”
Terry Foreman - Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies 1978 – 96, Senate VP in the biennium

“… amazing detail …” Dr. Frank Julian –VP for Student Development, 1974-1989

"This is a fascinating, intriguing story with a remarkable depth of specifics, accuracy, analysis, humor, and quality. I had difficulty putting MY TENURE BIENNIUM down."
Jules Harcourt Chairman, Office Systems and Business Education, 1976-1991

"… some of my experiences within the College of Environmental Sciences … were similar to yours."
Oliver Muscio MSU Chemistry Professor 1976-2008

From readers who were not there.
"A powerful narrative that offers valuable lessons for administrators at every level."
Ted Brown Dean, MSU College of Humanities and Fine Arts 2006 - present

"Dr. Bell’s tenure case is fascinating. How could a university promote a faculty member early and then turn around and deny that faculty member tenure the very next year? Red flags should have been going off everywhere. The system clearly wasn't working."
John Mateja – Dean, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, MSU (1998 – 2001)

(from the foreword) “The episode of Wayne's tenure biennium was, I think many of you will soon agree, a watershed moment in the history of the math department and a sanguinary contest for its heart and soul.”Rob Donnelly - Prof of Mathematics, Murray State Univ., (1997 – present)

added 9/22/11 The introduction to the book is listed below.
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My Tenure Biennium

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