Did the Ward Churchill case precipitate CU’s review of its tenure process?
No. The CU Faculty Council has been discussing this issue since 2003. In March 2005, council members asked then-President Elizabeth Hoffman and the Board of Regents to fund a study and audit of the university’s processes and recent tenure cases. With their support and approval, ACTRP was established and began to work in April 2005. Who reviewed the university’s tenure process? The auditing firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers audited 95 specific tenure cases. Gen. Howell M. Estes III reviewed the university’s overall tenure process. In August 2006, ACTRP issued a final report (Report on Tenure-Related Processes at the University of Colorado) with 40 recommended changes to the tenure process at CU, including 39 recommended by Estes. Who is Gen. Howell M. Estes III? Estes is a widely respected retired Air Force general and former commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (CINCNORAD) and the U.S. Space Command (USCINCSPACE), and commander of the Air Force Space Comman
