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| Ward Churchill Update |
| 2007-03-01 |
| ...He said the university is also in the process of overhauling its faculty termination procedures following the controversial firing of CU ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill. Churchill was fired for scholarly misconduct, but is still being paid pending a full review of his actions. A faculty committee reviewing ChurchillÂ’s conduct is expected to make a recommendation to Brown in about two weeks, Peterson said. Then, Brown will make a recommendation to the schoolÂ’s Board of Regents. "I donÂ’t think heÂ’ll have to deliberate a terribly long time" over what heÂ’ll recommend to the board, Peterson said of Brown. The universityÂ’s termination policy is being overhauled to stipulate specific deadlines for each step in the termination process, which can take years, Peterson said. During the scandal, Peterson said university officials briefly re-examined the need for and the value of the schoolÂ’s ethnic studies department. But voices in favor of the department and diversity at the school prevailed, he said. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #8 Lafayette, CA - 4.2 i think Cyber Sarge lives in Pleasenton? real close anyway. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-01 23:46 |
| #7 I thought we killed him with a small-pox infected Arts grant? a double Ox gore with that one! ;-) heh we just had a little earth quake..... guessing Richter scale 5 |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-01 23:35 |
| #6 I thought we killed him with a small-pox infected Arts grant? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-01 22:58 |
| #5 Damn, it is hard to pass up a Ward Churchill update. Kind of like a moth being drawn to flame. Just when you wonder how nutty it can get radical left you find it can get even nuttier. Thumbs down on Churchill. He should get canned. How much more review needs to be done to avoid paying Churchill off or a further lawsuit? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-03-01 21:17 |
| #4 Jan, you're apparently unfamiliar with an academic tenure system. I know at least one professor who spent several years in jail for fraud---and then went right back to university. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-03-01 19:14 |
| #3 I don't want to believe that he's still getting paid! for cripes sake. My daughter had him for a professor and had to buy books that he had written for the class. They didn't come cheap either. He's making alot of money off of this, not to mention the big waste of her time. |
| Posted by: Jan from work 2007-03-01 18:25 |
| #2 This is great. A Fake Indian being paid a real salary for a fake department. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-03-01 18:00 |
| #1 Need for and value of ethnic studies department at UC Boulder: zero, large negative number. |
| Posted by: mac 2007-03-01 17:15 |