A great take by Jesse Saffron of the Pope Center on why non-tenured faculty is an innovative idea. Photo by AAUP
Topic: tenure
“Deferred Prosecution Agreement” for Melissa Click, Mizzou Professor who Assaulted Student Journalist
20 hours of community service is her punishment. Fair, or foul?
Rehashing Salaita’s Firing, Again
The Modern Language Association (MLA) is obsessive over Steven Salaita’s firing at the University of Illinois, demonstrated by a panel session entitled, “Salaita, Academic Freedom, and the Question of Palestine: Where Do We Go from…
Wheaton College Looks to Terminate Tenured Professor for Fourth Incident
College Fix reporting on Larycia Hawkins, a tenured professor at the Christian college Wheaton College, who has had several previous incidents that had upset the administration: The [Chicago Tribune] reports this is the fourth incident in which…
Pros and Cons of Tenure
At year’s end, we thought, looking over copy for 2015, that we could get a snapshot of how tenure works in academe. Ultimately, we came up with 14 arguments for tenure and thirteen against but…
Christian College Under Fire for Suspending Hijab-Wearing Professor for Equating Christianity with Islam
Wheaton College is under fire for putting one of their professors on leave for comparing the two religions, which by the way, Wheaton College is a Christian college.
Half of Mizzou’s Faculty got Waivers on Minimum Teaching Requirements
So what do they do instead of teaching college students, which is a big part of the job?
PR Stunt? Wheaton College Puts Hijab-Wearing Professor on Leave for Remarks Comparing Islam to Christianity
The headlines typically have read, “Christian college places professor who wore headscarf on leave,” as Fox News said. However, when you read their summary, it was not because of wearing the hijab, but her statements on…
Swain’s World
Universities are supposed to be a place to exchange ideas — not silence them. Tell that to Vanderbilt, where a hypersensitive student body is demanding the head of a conservative black professor for daring to…
Ousted anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita Settles with University of Illinois
The Salaita saga has finally ended: The professor, whose job offer to the U. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign was rescinded after his rabidly anti-Israel/anti-Semitic tweets came to light, had quickly taken up the mantle of “academic…
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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