A year before Kapil Mehta's tenure term expired last August, the 11-member Promotions and Tenure Committee at MD Anderson Cancer Center had unanimously recommended renewal.
MD Anderson Tenure Dispute
The American Association of University Professors sent a letter to Ronald DePinho, president of MD Anderson Cancer Center, urging the reinstatement of two faculty members who were denied tenure renewal without stated reasons.
Confronted with the prospect of censure by an academic freedom group, Ronald DePinho, president of MD Anderson Cancer Center, is defending his decision to deny tenure renewal to two faculty members.
Responding to an inquiry by the American Association of University Professors, MD Anderson Cancer Center President Ronald DePinho said his critics are incorrect in asserting that his administration gave no formal explanation for denying tenure renewal to two faculty members.
Douglas Boyd, a professor at MD Anderson, sent his own letter to the American Association of University Professors, responding to DePinho's version of events.
The American Association of University Professors has authorized a formal investigation of MD Anderson Cancer Center, a move that could result in censure.
MD Anderson Cancer Center President Ronald DePinho and his executive leadership declined to meet with the investigation committee dispatched by the American Association of University Professors to his institution Thursday.
NCI Director Harold Varmus announced that he will be stepping down at the end of this month.
MD Anderson Preempts AAUP's Report By Releasing the Draft to the Press—With a ForewordBy Matthew Bin Han Ong
MD Anderson Cancer Center President Ronald DePinho's administration acted in disregard of academic standards and the institution's internal faculty appointment policy, according to a 23-page final report published April 8 by the American Association of University Professors.
