The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents correctly followed state law when it dismissed a tenured UW-Superior faculty member, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today. In a decision written by Justice Pat Roggensack, the court upheld a decision of a Court of Appeals, which said the board generally acted properly.
….At the urging of UW-Superior Chancellor Julius Erlenbach, the Board of Regents fired (John) Marder, a tenured associate professor of journalism, in 2001 after colleagues and students said he acted improperly.
The statement of charges against Marder included “alleged sexual misconduct with students, alleged inappropriate conduct as an instructor and troubled relationships with fellow faculty members,” the court wrote.