Restore Prof. Diane Klein's Shared Governance Rights Now
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Matt Friend
6 years ago
An extension to the shenanigans that went on at Anchorage. Totally within expectations of US Culture. Not simply incapable of digging itself out of the hole it's in, but determined to alienate anyone capable of helping.
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Sean Bernard
6 years ago
The behavior here by administrators seems base and intentionally cruel. Where are our good leaders who can show us a glimmer of positive leadership?
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Thomas Edson
6 years ago
ULV cannot unilaterally prohibit a member of the faculty on administrative leave from communicating with other faculty members of the college. That communication is a protected from of speech as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment and AAUP tenure provisions. Unless the college can conclusively prove that Prof. Klein's presence on campus is injurious to the safety and health of other employees and students, ULV will need to re-instate her participation in shared governance. If there is no provable basis for the college's suspension, ULV will definitely be liable for both 1st Amendment and tenure-related speech violations.
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Lanney Mayer
6 years ago
Any institution that is driven by control and survival will violate its reason for being - Ivan Illich
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Jay Jones
6 years ago
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Tenure is precious. Most of the time the need for it is not so apparent. Diane has done a lot to help us restore shared governance. The administration's free reign has been somewhat restrained and it appears that they are trying to retaliate. It is times like these that the need for tenure and faculty commitment to the academy is clearly apparent.
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Graham Hill
6 years ago
Reinstate!
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shelley urbizagastegui
6 years ago
I stand in support of Diane and the rights of faculty. This is a horrible situation for all faculty.
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John Bartelt
6 years ago
Cruel, controlling, and disgusting behavior by admin, illustrating why we lost confidence in them, and why we need a union for ALL faculty (tenured, adjuncts, and NTEs). ONE FACULTY, ONE RESISTANCE. I am proud to stand alongside my colleagues as we preserve LV’s core values. Hail Hydra.
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Jason NEIDLEMAN
6 years ago
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What's the basis for this disciplinary action!?!?!? Prof. Klein’s colleagues have a right to know and to participate in the process, as required by the University’s faculty handbook.
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Clinton Anthony Johnson
6 years ago
Academic freedom is vital to open, honest academic discourse where faculty can Express themselves openly without fear of reprisal. In this case, I've never seen a clearer case of reprisal by the powerful against someone speaking truth to power, a right guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution modeled on the English Bill of Rights of 1689. This, I believe, is so egregious an act that I cannot, in good faith permit it to pass unmentioned. What happens when other faculty or students speak of these matters? Shall they be accorded the same academic malfeasance? God forbid it and shame on the executive administrators for not speaking against it openly and in private.
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John Sullivan
6 years ago
Administrative abuse at its finest is also a contemporary model of fascism.
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Mark Hajek
6 years ago
Please let America be the bastion of free speech again, and help the rest of the world rise up in the face of oppression.
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Albert Kirby Griffin
6 years ago
We support you!
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Colette St Mary
6 years ago
Faculty rights are essential to the functioning of any academic institution. Abandoning those principles is among the first sights things are very wrong.
Colette
Professor, University of Florida
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David Kemker
6 years ago
How can this be legal?
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Such bullying abuses must not stand nor go unchallenged!
An extension to the shenanigans that went on at Anchorage. Totally within expectations of US Culture. Not simply incapable of digging itself out of the hole it's in, but determined to alienate anyone capable of helping.
The behavior here by administrators seems base and intentionally cruel. Where are our good leaders who can show us a glimmer of positive leadership?
ULV cannot unilaterally prohibit a member of the faculty on administrative leave from communicating with other faculty members of the college. That communication is a protected from of speech as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment and AAUP tenure provisions. Unless the college can conclusively prove that Prof. Klein's presence on campus is injurious to the safety and health of other employees and students, ULV will need to re-instate her participation in shared governance. If there is no provable basis for the college's suspension, ULV will definitely be liable for both 1st Amendment and tenure-related speech violations.
Any institution that is driven by control and survival will violate its reason for being - Ivan Illich
Tenure is precious. Most of the time the need for it is not so apparent. Diane has done a lot to help us restore shared governance. The administration's free reign has been somewhat restrained and it appears that they are trying to retaliate. It is times like these that the need for tenure and faculty commitment to the academy is clearly apparent.
Reinstate!
I stand in support of Diane and the rights of faculty. This is a horrible situation for all faculty.
Cruel, controlling, and disgusting behavior by admin, illustrating why we lost confidence in them, and why we need a union for ALL faculty (tenured, adjuncts, and NTEs). ONE FACULTY, ONE RESISTANCE. I am proud to stand alongside my colleagues as we preserve LV’s core values. Hail Hydra.
What's the basis for this disciplinary action!?!?!? Prof. Klein’s colleagues have a right to know and to participate in the process, as required by the University’s faculty handbook.
Academic freedom is vital to open, honest academic discourse where faculty can Express themselves openly without fear of reprisal. In this case, I've never seen a clearer case of reprisal by the powerful against someone speaking truth to power, a right guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution modeled on the English Bill of Rights of 1689. This, I believe, is so egregious an act that I cannot, in good faith permit it to pass unmentioned. What happens when other faculty or students speak of these matters? Shall they be accorded the same academic malfeasance? God forbid it and shame on the executive administrators for not speaking against it openly and in private.
Administrative abuse at its finest is also a contemporary model of fascism.
Please let America be the bastion of free speech again, and help the rest of the world rise up in the face of oppression.
We support you!
Faculty rights are essential to the functioning of any academic institution. Abandoning those principles is among the first sights things are very wrong. Colette Professor, University of Florida
How can this be legal?
Such bullying abuses must not stand nor go unchallenged!
Academia in the dark ages. Unbelievable.
Tenure has to mean something.
Basic protections matter.
United States