Think you have what it takes to make more than half a million dollars a year as the chancellor of a public university? You got nothing on UIUC chancellor Phyllis Wise, who fired a professor of Palestinian descent, over the recommendation of the hiring department, after he has moved halfway across the country to take a job, because he has tweeted mean things about Israel and the donors dont like it, and then justifying this blatant decision to police academics political speech in the following terms: As a university community, we also are committed to creating a welcoming environment for faculty and students alike to explore the most difficult, contentious and complex issues facing our society today. Our Inclusive Illinois initiative is based on the premise that education is a process that starts with our collective willingness to search for answers together – learning from each other in a respectful way that supports a diversity of worldviews, histories and cultural knowledge. Workers lie, journalists lie, poets lie, and conmen lie--but no one lies quite like a university administrator.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:01:08 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015