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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A judge in Lubbock has ordered Texas Tech University to restore the job responsibilities of a business school professor who has sued the school.
Court documents reviewed by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (http://bit.ly/1dqMb93 ) show State District Judge Ruben Reyes issued a default judgment for James Wetherbe this week after the Texas Attorney General's Office missed a deadline to respond to a lawsuit from the professor.
Texas Tech spokesman Chris Cook says the school is confident the judge's order won't stand.
Wetherbe has said he disagrees with tenure, a status that nearly guarantees a professor's job, because it could reward poor teachers. He contends in a lawsuit against the school his views took him out of consideration for top positions in the business school and led to diminishing teaching responsibilities.
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