On Thursday, Pollack-Pelzner told JTA that he learned he was fired only when he discovered he was locked out of his work email. When he sent an email to the account from his personal email, he received an automatic response saying he no longer worked at the school.
Linfield’s faculty handbook requires a lengthy process, including two formal hearings, before a professor with tenure can be fired procedures that have not been followed in this case. Pollack-Pelzner said he doesn’t know what his next steps will be, and that he isn’t sure how he could persuade the administration to follow the guidelines in the handbook.
Linfield University president defends firing of tenured professor, says he has no plans to resign
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Posted Apr 30, 2021
President Miles K. Davis also Friday recalled that he had discussed physical characteristics of Jews and other Semitic peoples with professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, after he had previously denied to an independent investigator making any such comments. “I might have well said that from a physical characteristic perspective, you d be hard pressed to tell the difference amongst Semitic people. It wasn’t a racist thing about measuring Jewish noses. Photo courtesy of Linfield
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Linfield University President Miles K. Davis on Friday rebuffed calls to resign and defended this week’s abrupt firing of an English professor who criticized him.
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Three incumbents are up for reelection on Saturday.
Three seats are up for grabs in Collin College s Board of Trustees and candidates are having to address controversies that have pulled national attention to the school.(
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Ongoing controversies at Collin College could impact Saturday’s election where longtime trustees are aiming to keep their seats on the board.
The growing college system has made national headlines over allegations of retaliation and its response to the pandemic. Protestors have attended board meetings after administrators let go three women who criticized the school’s COVID-19 response.