Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Your report [April 5] on the Dalton School was most unfair. Instead of heaping snide ridicule on the school and Mr. Donald Barr, its headmaster, you should have reported that a group of trustees, in utter disregard of the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the parents, has attempted to oust Mr. Barr. The P.T.A. removed Dr. Myron Hofer, the only representative of the parents on the board of trustees, from his P.T.A. offices because he failed to in form the parents fairly and openly of his and the board's actions. The parents will continue...
Hartman also criticized the manner of selecting his review board in his memorandum to the GSD Faculty. "An arbitration or review mechanism which does not make itself sufficiently independent of the original decision-making body is inherently unfair," the letter said...
Hartman said Thursday, "I feel it is very unfair to have a procedure in which the faculty selects the members of a review board to hear the appeal of one of its own members whose contract has not been renewed...
...action in preference to no action at all. Yet something needs to be done. That something should be the building of a floor, rather than a ceiling. Every potential candidate is entitled to a minimum reasonable exposure of his person and ideas. Challenging incumbents clearly requires money; it is unfair to give that chance to only the rich, or the allies of the rich. For every Metzenbaum and Ottinger, there may be half a dozen abler candidates who cannot raise enough money to campaign. Public funding is required. Each candidate should be provided with an amount based on the vote...
During World War I, scores of U.S. professors were fired for failure to follow patriotic orthodoxy. During the McCarthy era, tenure rules helped prevent reprisals, though not entirely. Today, unfair firing is quite difficult. Typically, young teachers get up to seven-year probationary appointments; after six years, a departmental committee reviews each newcomer's work and recommends that he either be let go or "given tenure"-re-hired on a permanent basis...