Charleston Faculty Condemn Reversal of Tenure Denial

The Faculty Senate of the College of Charleston held a special meeting Tuesday to vote to condemn George Benson, the president, for reversing a tenure denial, The Post and Courier reported. The professor who was denied tenure before Benson's intervention, and who had started a grievance process, is married to the president's chief of staff. Faculty leaders acknowledged that the president has the right to reverse tenure decisions. But they said that doing so without letting the grievance process run its course or consulting with faculty leaders undermined their role. Benson said that, in the future, he would not reverse a tenure decision before the end of the grievance process.