[jackspawn]

"denied" tenure is weird phrasing: I assume you don't have the right to tenure, similarly to us not having a right to a promotion or a job.

I am for fighting/hustling this if this is doable

[bglazer]

Denied is just the inverse of “granted” which is the standard way to say a tenure application was accepted

[doctorwho42]

It's the common vernacular in academia and has been for centuries