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...Brinkley, who said he learned of his failure to gain tenure late last week, routinely earned CUE Guide ratings close to the top of the scale for teaching. This spring he is scheduled to teach History 1628, "America Since 1945: 'The American Century,'" consistently one of the most popular undergraduate courses...
...Brinkley's first book, "Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression," won the American Book Award for history in 1983. He said he currently is preparing a second book on the transformation of New Deal liberalism during the 1930s and 1940s...
...former part-time editor of The Atlantic Monthly, Brinkley also has published numerous book reviews and magazine pieces...
According to faculty members in the History Department who asked to remain anonymous, Brinkley received the endorsement of his department, with several prominent senior professors dissenting. Dean Spence, the faculty members said, halted Brinkley's tenure review since the dean felt the minority opposition wouldeventually prove detrimental to a young scholar inthe multi-staged tenure process...
Some faculty members said Brinkley's strongprofessional reputation and reputation as anaccomplished teacher made his review an early testof the University's commitment to a recentlyannounced faculty plan that aims to increase thenumber of junior faculty receiving tenure...