“On February 22nd, 2008, University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) issued a negative tenure recommendation for Assistant Professor Andrea Lee Smith.”

I don’t have any substantive information about Prof. Smith’s tenure process. But I am an admirer of her scholarship. If Michigan is not a welcome place for her, I hope she will consider relocating to South Carolina. Elite universities can really stink. This is not “news.”

–Ann Bartow