Posted on 05/18/2022 9:51:41 AM PDT by C19fan
Princeton University is planning to fire one of the most distinguished classics professors in the country, Joshua Katz, after his criticism of the school’s racial politics made him the target of student protests and the subject of two separate university investigations.
University president Christopher Eisgruber—who in 2020 alleged that Katz had failed to exercise his free speech "responsibly"—passed his recommendation that Katz be stripped of tenure and fired to the university’s board of trustees last week, according to three sources with firsthand knowledge of the situation.
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The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!
I wish people when tend to support right wing causes would buy up and endow colleges. These places would easily a world class faculty from people fleeing or expelled woke universities.
Gov’t goes after them and won’t give student loans to people wanting to attend.
By the university’s own admission, he did not commit fraud or sexual misconduct, two of the most common grounds for revoking tenure. Rather, the university is citing as grounds for dismissal a consensual relationship Katz engaged in with a student more than a decade ago, and for which he was already disciplined by the school in 2018.
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I predict a big settlement in the future.
The Princeton endowment fund with be a bit smaller once his lawsuit is filed and goes to trial.
I suspect Princeton will wind up paying him close to eight figures in order to avoid a trial.
“While free speech permits students and faculty to make arguments that are bold, provocative, or even offensive,” Eisgruber said, “we all have an obligation to exercise that right responsibly. Joshua Katz has failed to do so.”
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From the article.
Isn’t tenure considered a contractual obligation? The whole idea behind tenure is it allows a professor to speak without fear of losing his or her job. The university’s action goes in direct violation of this principle.
We can’t compete with the $$$ Communist China throw at US universities!
Another professor being fired by a university for wanting to teach students factual information instead of nonsense.
“Big Education” is a joke - needs to be defunded. Total waste of money.
> I predict a big settlement in the future.
Princeton can definitely afford lots of big settlements.
Eventually the students will rid by fire these temples of Satan. I should have enough time left to cheer on that entertainment.
“”failed to exercise his free speech “responsibly””
Coming to our towns soon! Why can’t these idiots be weeded out of our society? Why do I ask so many dumb questions?
Well, Nazis have taken over education I see.
There are no such people.
Get a lawyer and sue!!!!
Meanwhile, MIT has fired distinguished scientist David Sabatini for “sexual harassment” over a consensual relationship!!!! Yes, he is suing!!!!
In the past, many decades-long marriages (with children) have resulted from consensual relationships between professors and students!!!! But the feminazis, wokesters, and “gays” don’t care!!!!
[[who in 2020 alleged that Katz had failed to exercise his free speech “responsibly”—]]
If,you have to “exercise it responsibly” then it isn’t true free speech
So “tenure” really means nothing if you are accused of the unforgiveable sin of questioning authority.
Another professor being fired by a university for wanting to teach students factual information instead of nonsense.
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1+1=3 in Grade One.
1,000,000 + 1,000,00 = 3,000,000 in University.
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