The Tenure Drum [electronic resource] : An Investigation of Ritual Violence in the Modern University / William G. Tierney.

The structural aspects of ritual in a modern university and the way that ritual operates through the use of tenure at Stanford University is assessed, based on an ethnohistorical analysis of the firing of a tenured professor, H. Bruce Franklin. Mr. Franklin actively opposed the Vietnam War and Stanf...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Tierney, William G.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1983.
Subjects:	Academic Freedom. College Faculty. Conflict. Cultural Context. Ethnography. Faculty College Relationship. Freedom of Speech. Higher Education. History. Political Issues. Sociocultural Patterns. Teacher Dismissal. Tenure.