Bennington College

the college's system of presumptive tenure with "an experimental contract system"; and
A 10% tuition reduction over the following five years. In 1988, according to The New York Times, Bennington was the most expensive college in the country.
Near the end of June 1994, 27 faculty members (approximately one-third of the total faculty body) were notified by certified mail that their contracts would not be renewed. (The exact number of fired faculty members is listed as 25 or 26 in some reports, a discrepancy partly because at least one faculty member, photographer Neil Rappaport, was reinstated on appeal shortly after his firing.) As recommended in the Symposium, the trustees abolished the presumptive tenure system, leaving the institution with no form of tenure. The firings attracted considerable media attention.
Some students and alumni protested, and the college was censured for its actions by both the American Association of University Professors and the American Philosophical Association. The AAUP noted that …