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Finally, while we mostly support the May-Day Coalition on political issues, we are uncomfortable with some professors?? decisions to reschedule regular class hours to accommodate students who wish to take part in the event. Professors?? political views should not affect the operation of their courses. Allowing them to do so unfairly penalizes students without the appetite for the walkout and sets a precedent that will discourage students in the future from enrolling in courses where they disagree with the professor’s political views. There are many reasons why a professor might have...
Activism is healthy; it adds to the political discourse on a college campus, and often the College could do with a bit more of it. The May-Day Coalition has worked admirably to publicize this event, and we hope that students—even without the aid of professors?? bending schedules—decide to join the efforts to walkout against harmful immigration policies...
...name change indicates a deeper policy shift, from “the iron law of Graustein” to a system in which associate professors??who are promoted from their initial assistant professorships, if qualified, after four to six years—are automatically considered for tenure...
Summers said that it would be inappropriate for a university president to comment on professors?? research, while adding that universities must protect academic freedom and that professors should be open to criticism. When asked by Dershowitz if professors should be compelled to debate their critics, Summers said that part of “the principle of academic freedom is the right to remain silent...
...Angeles tops the list of highest salary pay to professors at public research universities, receiving an average of $128,400 a year, according to the AAUP. The lowest paid professors in the U.S. are far worse off, only receiving $28,000 at Naropa University in Boulder, Colo. Harvard professors?? salaries rose in step with inflation. The current pay rate for Harvard’s full professors rose 3.4 percent from 2004-2005, when they earned an average of $163,200, according to AAUP data. The Consumer Price Index for the Boston metropolitan area rose 3.3 percent over...