Constance Holden
The University of Minnesota has been in turmoil for the last 2 weeks over a proposal by the Board of Regents to revise the university's tenure code. Faculty members, including the university's president, have argued that the proposal will effectively destroy the tenure system, and they have even taken the first steps toward forming a union--a move that has temporarily headed off a regents' vote on the proposal, scheduled for 10 October.