Professor fired at Colorado...

[LPIDelta]

From what I understand after taking higher education law, tenure is not a guarantee of employment forever; it is basically a guarantee that a professor will be afforded due diligence and that any firing would be for cause.

And if I remember correctly, if you misrepresent your scholarly activities and that is what the decision to grant tenure is predicated on, that is a reason to void the tenure. As long as the university has documented EVERYTHING, they should be ok.

Someone else may know more or may be able to explain it better....

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Heather17

From what I understand after taking higher education law, tenure is not a guarantee of employment forever; it is basically a guarantee that a professor will be afforded due diligence and that any firing would be for cause.

And if I remember correctly, if you misrepresent your scholarly activities and that is what the decision to grant tenure is predicated on, that is a reason to void the tenure. As long as the university has documented EVERYTHING, they should be ok.

Someone else may know more or may be able to explain it better....

Oh yeah. I didn't mean to suggest that they were stuck with him forever. I was just trying to clarify something I expressed badly earlier when I said he hadn't really "earned" tenure. Well, he didn't really earn it, but since it was granted, the burden was still on the school to prove that it needed to be taken away.

[Thetagirl218]

It took them long enough to fire this wacko! Seriously, though I respect people's opinions even when they vary greatly from my own, but this guy was out there!!! I saw him on an interview once with Glenn Beck (Yes, I watch his show, and I am an evil conservative! lol!) and he was totally rude and was so disrespectful the victims of 9/11 I had to turn the tv off completely. There is a fine line between free speech and the crap he was teaching.