karen,
i'm so sorry. i know the process all too well. the whole tenure process really needs to be revamped. often its more political than anything else, at least from what i've seen. the job is hard enough itself without having to go through all of this. if people with some power there are irate, could he appeal the decision? you don't need to answer me on that, and i certainly wouldn't decide anything until the emotional shock has subsided. i also don't know if i'd want to stay at a place that treated me like that. that's why i left the first university i was at before the tenure decision. i wasn't sure if i'd get tenure and the clincher was that i wasn't sure i'd want to be there even if i did get it, so i moved before it ever became an issue. i do know someone who appealed the decision because it seemed unfair, and she won, so it is possible to have the decisions reversed. anyway, the whole thing is terrible, and david, and you, and your family are in my prayers. just try not to think too much right now.
sue
