Posted on 03/26/2019 7:35:24 PM PDT by DeweyCA
Students at my college demanded a review of my tenure because of an article I wrote. My fellow faculty members failed to back me up
Sarah Lawrence College claims that its mission is to graduate students who are, ‘diverse in every definition of the word.’ Unfortunately, recent events which have been in the national eye, suggest otherwise. And this story involves me.
Seizing on an op-ed I wrote for The New York Times a few months ago, in which I questioned the lack of ideological balance of the school’s extracurricular programming, a group of student protesters calling themselves the Diaspora Coalition labeled me a racist misogynist. They demanded that my ‘position at the College be put up to tenure review to a panel of the Diaspora Coalition and at least three faculty members of color.’
As a direct assault on academic freedom and free speech, this demand by the Diaspora Coalition should have sent shivers down the spines of all of my colleagues at Sarah Lawrence College and compelled an immediate and strong faculty response. That simply did not happen.
In fact, after the op-ed’s initial publication in October, there was a national media storm in which I was slandered and defamed, my family’s safety was threatened, and my personal property was destroyed on campus.
While the college president eventually issued a perfunctory statement noting that I had ‘every right, and the full support of the college, to pursue and publish this work,’ the faculty’s support was minimal.
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Only 27 members of the faculty community signed the document, roughly 7 percent of the total faculty. Thus, to my shock, a proclamation in defense of academic freedom, freedom of speech and mutual respect clearly was deemed controversial and not overwhelmingly supported by my own colleagues.
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I went to Berkeley 87-92
I saw the idiots on the left and decided to say “ I love Reagan “
Best move I made. Got lots of them riled up
Then I took on the lgbtqrstyxz crowd. Again super fun
Just tease leftists. They HATE IT !
“I went to Berkeley 87-92.” Full respect. My grandparents and father are from Berkeley. I was on campus 87-92. The atmosphere was nice back then. I helped the main librarian at Doe sift through old books and he was super supportive Western Culture. My Latin teacher in 88 was really helpful.
Mayor Shirley Dean was selfish and the Berkeley City Council are still selfish. While the city government leaders are selfishly looking for free money to take home, the anarchists from Eugene ORE visit Berkeley and do serious damage, hurting the Berkeley brand.
In May 2017 Jeff Sessions sent unmarked federal military soldier experts to the dangerous protest and prevented murders on the streets of Berkeley, because the Berkeley City Council are clueless.
If university leaders were smart and ethical, they would reject all government funds.
Didn’t 88 faculty at Duke University sign the news ad criticizing the Duke Lacross team? Never heard a peep of an apology.
The Group of 88 is the term for the professors at Duke University who were signatories to a controversial advertisement in The Chronicle, the university’s student newspaper, on April 6, 2006 condemning the Lacrosse team members whom were later found innocent.
According to liberals, they are the only ones who can practice free speech
Ridicule is your strongest weapon.
(Rules for Radicals)
- Saul Alinsky
The role of the American university as a place of disinterested intellectual investigation is finished, thanks to the poison of Political Correctness and its adherents.
Interesting Remember. Barrington hall ?
The 12-to-one ratio of liberal to conservative college administrators makes them the most left-leaning group on campus. In previous research, I found that academic faculty report a six-to-one ratio of liberal to conservative professors. Incoming first-year students, by contrast, reported less than a two-to-one ratio of liberals to conservatives, according to a 2016 finding by the Higher Education Research Institute. It appears that a fairly liberal student body is being taught by a very liberal professoriate — and socialized by an incredibly liberal group of administrators.
He felt he was protected by tenure.
He chose poorly.
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Thought it was another story about Amy Wax when I read the first line - could it be that the “elite” schools like Sarah Lawrence and Penn have the most trouble understanding the basic idea that the essence of the university is the free and unimpeded exchange of information and ideas wherever they lead???....
And college is the least worrisome of education. K-12 is infected with the liberal curriculum and most parents have no clue. As you and many others know, the entire educational institution has been taken over by liberals/marxists and generations later, this is the result.
The changes I’ve seen in the last 30+ years as a teacher, parent, taxpayer are astronomical. The most surprising part is that parents either don’t care or don’t know. So called conservatives have either left the institution or allowed the complete takeover. Then wonder why it happened.
My four kids turned out just fine with K-8 Catholic school then 9-12 Public school and college graduates (youngest graduates in May 2020). But the changes in education in those years were mind blowing and it’s worse now.
Some people fought and lost (we did, with That’s a Family way back), but it succeeded anyway. Some left and never bothered to fight. Some still fight, and as referenced on this thread are slammed for doing so by the same people who are supposed to be on our side. You can’t expect anything to change when you opt out. Personally, I don’t think you can claim to be a conservative when you give up or walk away from every institution (education, religious, government, etc). Sure, me and mine will be fine but we’re a tiny minority compared to what has taken over every institution in this country.
Re: Duke Lacrosse Team Some so called Conservatives fell right in line with the media/liberal agenda on that and it shocked me.Some so called Conservatives are more nanny staters than liberals, too.
I want to walk away, not care about, Education in this Country but I can’t. Because it matters so much and it infuriates me that so many so called Conservatives don’t see that. It’s a huge institution just like the Media, Religious Institutions, etc. We account for such a minority in them it’s mind blowing.
The “big thing” now in my huge NJ district is training for teachers/admins in Immigrants and making “immigrant” students feel welcomed. We’re apparently moving on some from the “Gay” to “immigrant” (aka illegals, muslims). All our announcements in February(K-5 school) were focused on Black people and March is focused on Women (black, democrat, liberal women, and of course Frida Kahlo).
It didn’t work in high school so they (those who control our education institution) went to middle school where it didn’t work to their satisfaction so they went to elementary/K-5.And we wonder why the landscape has changed? Really?
I had four kids in K-8 Catholic school and saw the changes. Four kids in public 9-12 and saw the changes. Look at the Curriculum! I’ve been working in education for over 30 years. A handful of us aren’t changing anything in Education.
So no Conservative should work in the huge industry of Education?
Wow is right.
This is one of the reasons why our Education system is the way it is.
Sure. But that’s not the reality and to continue to ignore what’s going on in education hurts Conservatives and this Country.
Sure let’s totally give up every single spot in education and pretend it’s gonna get better because a tiny minority opt out. Really?
He should be on campus because he’s at least trying. Unlike so many others.
OMG so clueless. Good for you feeling so superior. And we wonder why the landscape of this Country has changed so dramatically. LMAO
Yep.
Too bad it has become so politically one-sided. But so have all the other schools, so be sure you choose from this list:
Education - yes.
Indoctrination - no.
SL is a Marxist Indoctrination Center.
Twink, you truly are a fighter, and God bless you for staying in there against so much flak. I have a young Republican friend who teaches in Philadelphia, and of course her principal fought with her over everything including her maternity leave, mainly because she didn't want to join the union. Another young conservative friend taught history in a Catholic school and the principal attempted to drive her out, even though this young woman is not particularly political and wasn't a fan of Trump. She was just teaching the true history of the Founders.
Sounds like you are right that too many have left or given up from being persecuted.
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