[general_re]

The link in post 17 says that UNL doesn't do the same background checks for temps as for permanent faculty - perhaps it's time to start. Not that this is a cure-all, especially if it turns out that this is the first such incident he's been involved in.

[Right Wing Professor]

The link in post 17 says that UNL doesn't do the same background checks for temps as for permanent faculty - perhaps it's time to start.

I am unaware of any background checks on permanent faculty; I asked the Academic Senate president about this yesterday, and he knows of no checks either. I have no idea what they claim to be doing, but I can tell you it isn't very much.

We had a permanent faculty member fired for a somewhat similar incident about 3 years ago. When you've got a few thousand employees, one or two are always going to be ass#$les.