At Kansas State University, the contracts of all faculty members were terminated after a Populist victory in state elections in 1896. Many professors were hired back, but Republicans were removed from the economics department and senior administrative posts. A few years later, Republicans regained control of state politics and did their own purge of the university. — Excerpt from The Development of Academic Freedom in the United States, Hofstadter and Metzger. —Ward & Newt & Tenure (Inside Higher Ed)
This article examines Newt Gingrich’s recent cry for the abolishment of tenure, in light of the Ward Churchill controversy (which continues, with the sighting of a buyout trial balloon).
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day.
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Whoops, I fixed that link. Thanks, Will.
fyi - That "cry" link doesn't seem to work.