Re: [asa] Why the Iowa teacher was fired

I assume that this means that we can all accept that not meeting
external funding guidelines etc can be actionable reasons as to why
Gonzalez was denied tenure after all?
Just curious

On 9/26/07, David Heddle <heddle@gmail.com> wrote:
> PvM,
>
> I haven't looked at the article yet, so I don't know the facts. However, if
> you don't see even the theoretical possibility that the way a professor
> presents a view, not the view itself, could be an actionable offense, then
> you don't know jack about academia.
>
> David Heddle
>
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> On 9/25/07, PvM <pvm.pandas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > strangely he was told that he was fired for his statements on
> > religion. What makes this somehow different?
> >
> > On 9/25/07, James Mahaffy <mahaffy@dordt.edu> wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > This evening there is another lead story in the Des Moines register that
> makes it clear that the professor that was fired from an Iowa Community
> College was fired for his style and not his beleifs. He had a heated debate
> with students over their literal belief in the Bible and picked on one of
> them enough that she left in tears after being told in a heated debate to
> pop a Prozac. By his own admission he was trying to challenge some of the
> student's beliefs.
> > >
> > > He was also an adjunct and not a full time staff member. When Pim
> brought this up I suggested that there was likely more to the story. We as
> professors have a responsibility to respect the students beliefs. Even
> though I believe in an old earth, I try hard to not undermine the core YEC
> beliefs of students, while still showing them what are some of the
> weaknesses of their positions.
> > >
> > > James Mahaffy (mahaffy@dordt.edu) Phone: 712 722-6279
> > > 498 4th Ave NE
> > > Biology Department
> FAX : 712 722-1198
> > > Dordt College, Sioux Center IA 51250-1697
> > >
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Received on Wed Sep 26 11:36:09 2007