Young is an assistant professor at a state university law school. He has a one-year nonrenewing teaching contract. After an assistant professor has taught for five years pursuant to such one-year contracts, the policy of the university is to grant tenure. After three years, the university, without holding a hearing on the matter, decided not to renew Young’s contract. Which of the following is the best statement of his rights against the university?
A. He has no right to a hearing because the administrative burden in providing a hearing is more substantial than any property rights which have been adversely affected.
B. He has no right to a hearing because no statute, rule, or policy secures him a right in continued employment.
C. He has been denied due process because he has a continuing property right in teaching.
D. The failure to renew his teaching contract is an attack on the property interest which he has in his reputation, and he has therefore been denied due process.
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