The Nation - News from Oct. 6, 1985
Teachers returned to work at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus in New York, ending a four-day walkout after reaching agreement with administrators on tenure policies. Union spokeswoman Esther Hyneman said the teachers wanted contract terms “equivalent” to those granted at the university’s C. W. Post campus, which guarantees 61% of its faculty will be tenured. Hyneman said about 56% of the Brooklyn campus’s faculty is tenured. Elsewhere, more than 44,000 college and public school students were affected by strikes in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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