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leading scholars in the field write CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein
denouncing the denial of tenure (11/12)
Jerry Sternstein examines
"academic freedom and the academic left"
Albert
Hall fears that the decision shows how Brooklyn College is less
interested in education than in nurturing "dim lights" (12/31)
History
News Network publishes a first-person recapitulation on why the
college denied tenure
Ted
Burrows and Stuart Schaar organize a response by the college's
department chairs
Jerry
Sternstein, former department member and PSC grievance counselor,
critiques the Burrows post
Yehuda
Katz posts the Student Government resolution deeming the denial of
tenure a violation of the BC students' bill of rights guarantee of a
"quality education"
Figures from around the country
denounce the decision:
Leonard
Gordon and Renate Bridenthal debate the meaning of quality in the
History Department, two chairs defend their decision, and Nancy Romer says
criticizing an unbalanced teach-in was taking "potshots"
Jerry
Sternstein, meanwhile, dissects what he terms "the most corrupted
tenure review process I have ever come across"
In response to the Post story,
an anonymous
figure claiming access to inside information defends the History
Department chairman
The anonymous poster is quickly
rebutted, by:
Students discuss the reasons they favor
tenure and critique the comments of the anonymous poster:
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