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To: 11th Earl of Mar
>>tenured professor<<

In the past, Emory University has allowed flagrant faculty teaching misconduct to go on without even an admonishment. For example, folks would be very hard-pressed to find a worse lecturer and examiner than Emory's Ted Davis, a tenured "professor" who taught (and perhaps still teaches) European History there (mainly but not always on the Oxford campus). "Cosmic Ted" Davis would basically never lecture regarding the reading materials or what was to be tested. He often said things that were incoherent, and knowingly put students to sleep while collecting his paycheck and barely making himself available AT ALL for after class sessions. His tests would even cover material not covered, and he'd be unapologetic and even rude if folks called such mistakes to his attention. Cosmic Ted would even make fire kindling out of people's exams and papers before they could see what they lost points for, only for Emory's Oxford campus leadership (Mr. Shapiro) to say they didn't have a WRITTEN rule against such an improper practice yet. Basically NOTHING changed after students complained about Ted Davis, and the students who spoke out against this quack were stigmatized and downgraded by Emory faculty members who got brownie points by retalliating against anyone with the audacity to have challenged the Administration. And yet Emory turns up the heat on this OTHER tenured professor. What's with the double standard?
12 posted on 10/28/2002 9:11:51 AM PST by End The Hypocrisy
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To: End The Hypocrisy
And yet Emory turns up the heat on this OTHER tenured professor. What's with the double standard?

No real double standard. What happened here was professors from OTHER colleges were the ones questioning his data,and they got national publicity from it. There was no way Emory could sweep this under the rug,so they bailed on him. Note that even now they didn't take the public position that he was fired,even though he was.

78 posted on 10/29/2002 5:49:47 AM PST by sneakypete
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