Ward, not redux
So Colorado’s Regents have fired Ward Churchill. I’ve written about this at other times, but let me summarize things briefly: The beginning of the investigation was political. There were legitimate challenges to Churchill’s research record, some identified before and some sent to Colorado after the political furor began. The charges tied to Churchill’s speech rights were […]
There go the plans for campus security
Not much is left untouched by impending budget cuts in Florida. First to go were plans for better security on college campuses, as a South Florida Sun-Sentinel article describes.
Salute to Chris Perez
A Fishy View of Education neatly skewers the flawed reasoning of Stanley Fish, for Fish believes in a very narrow view of free speech and academic freedom. Bravo.
Wrong questions on Ward Churchill
Yesterday, Aaron Barlow asked the political questions about l’affaire Churchill at Free Exchange on Campus. To Barlow, the central issue is the public perception of higher education. In responding to “those on all sides who try to make Churchill and his presumed guilt or innocence an emblem for their greater argument about academia,” So he […]
Appointment snafus
By Sherman Dorn on July 24, 2007
The first problem with the morning, my putting one appointment down for 9 am instead of 10, is entirely my problem, but I’ve had to cancel a 10:30 meeting in another part of town for it. Not fatal, just mortifying. The second problem is about an afternoon meeting and a conflict between the legitimate need […]
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