Not a simple thing to fire a tenured prof: How long before UNH finds a way?
From The Boston Globe's 9/10/06 edition concerning controversial UNH Psychology Professor William Woodward, who has been outed as a member of a group that believes the Bush administration had a large hand in the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., even planting explosives in the Twin Towers.
No mention if Prof. Woodward has tenure at the university. I would think he does, given his age and credentials (PhD from Yale in '75). Firing a tenured professor is not easy: they are contracted, union employees who have rights. If Woodward has not broken the terms of his contract with UNH, and I don't expect he has since he teaches psychology and apparently makes no mention IN CLASS of his kind of "out there" opinion, then I think he should remain. Unless "they" start burning crosses on his lawn or some crazy shit like that. THEN he should quit.
"Students for Academic Integrity"? Yeah, right. Probably six bow tied assholes who believe in a massive left wing media conspiracy, Clinton being a serial killer, and other wacko bullshit.
My money is on them being just as "out there" as Prof. Woodward.
No mention if Prof. Woodward has tenure at the university. I would think he does, given his age and credentials (PhD from Yale in '75). Firing a tenured professor is not easy: they are contracted, union employees who have rights. If Woodward has not broken the terms of his contract with UNH, and I don't expect he has since he teaches psychology and apparently makes no mention IN CLASS of his kind of "out there" opinion, then I think he should remain. Unless "they" start burning crosses on his lawn or some crazy shit like that. THEN he should quit.
"Students for Academic Integrity"? Yeah, right. Probably six bow tied assholes who believe in a massive left wing media conspiracy, Clinton being a serial killer, and other wacko bullshit.
My money is on them being just as "out there" as Prof. Woodward.
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