Re: [Marxism] finkelstein

["Ian Pace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a very dangerous precedent at stake here; whilst it's by no means 
the first time it's happened, it's encumbent upon all of us to try and fight 
this sort of blatant political pressure being allowed to compromise academic 
work. If the combined forces of Dershowitz, the ADL, and countless others 
succeed in persuading the Dean of DePaul that it would be more comfortable 
for him to edge Finkelstein out, then where will it stop? The disrepute of 
so doing has to be made to exceed that of pandering to those acting 
maliciously, if at all possible.

Solidarity,
Ian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gregory meyerson" <gmeyerson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition" 
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Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] finkelstein


I would think so.  it's happening at my university right now.  and
hbcus are not yet much in the crosshairs.



the reasons can be political or "financial exigency," the two often
becoming entangled in all sorts of ways.



g
On Apr 8, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Les Schaffer wrote:

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> > Faculty specialists are the most reliable judges of a peer's teaching, 
> > research and service contributions.  Dean Suchar’s overriding of faculty 
> > assessments, using malleable and subjective criteria, is a clear 
> > violation of the principle of intellectual freedom that is a hallmark of 
> > higher education.
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> is this happening with higher frequency generally: that tenure committees 
> are recommending people for tenure but top level administrators are nixing 
> the recommendation of faculty?
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> Les
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