[Northern Yankee]

Is there clear and convincing evidence of moral turpitude, and have the legally required university procedures for dismissal been carefully followed?”

That last sentence is priceless. It shows you that when it comes to their own, the faux socialists at Madison are a bunch of elitists who don't trust the jury system to get it right.

They don't trust common sense either.

[al_again]

You are all being to simplistic. The professors are hired and part of that process includes an employee handbook containing the policies of the university. These policies are contractual and cannot legally be broken by the university. If the university did terminate payment and such termination did not follow the defined procedures, the university would be liable for payment and associated legal fees (both the professors and the universities).

It is a very common corporate policy to pay employees for unused vacation when their employment is ended, irregardless of how it was ended (fired, laid-off, resignation).

While the conduct of these professors is reprehensible, the university must follow its defined procedures for handling. To do otherwise would be a disservice to the WI taxpayers as it would cost them more in the long run.

The real fraud being committed in WI education is the concept of secondary jobs (or something like that - can't remember exact term) where inept professors are not fired but reassigned to meaningless jobs while retaining their full salary. That is what needs to come to an end!