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  • Conservative prof wins $2.4 million in settlement through free speech lawsuit

    08/06/2024 11:54:44 AM PDT · by CFW · 4 replies
    Campus Reform ^ | 8/5/24 | staff
    A professor has won a multimillion dollar settlement after exposing retaliation he faced for challenging woke policies at a California community college. Matthew Garrett, a former history professor at Bakersfield College recently won a $2.4 million dollar settlement after being terminated from his teaching post for allegedly making “insulting,” “untrue” and “personal” comments about black students and professors during a committee meeting organized by the Kern Community College District (KCCD). [snip] Garrett’s lawsuit named several defendants, including KCCD board president John Corkins, who said of Garrett and a number of his colleagues, “that’s why we put a rope on them...
  • Fired professor rebukes school board after judge rules against DEI faculty mandates: 'You will lose'

    12/16/2023 6:20:38 AM PST · by Libloather · 61 replies
    Fox News ^ | 12/16/23 | Kristine Parks
    A California history professor delivered a scathing rebuke of his former administration after a federal judge struck a blow to the statewide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion "DEI" mandates for faculty. Tenured professor Matthew Garrett was dismissed last April from Bakersfield College in the Kern Community College District after he says far-left professors and students brought false accusations against him because of his opposition to DEI policies on campus. Administrators have argued he was disciplined for "unprofessional" conduct and "unsatisfactory performance," according to a 19-page report from interim college president Zav Dadabhoy last March. He is fighting the decision through the...