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Linfield University president defends firing of tenured professor, says he has no plans to resign Updated May 01, 2021; 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, youd be hard pressed to tell...

Linfield University Fires Professor Who Spoke Out About Misconduct Cases Allegations of anti-Semitism, sexual misconduct and racial discrimination have led to turmoil on the small Oregon campus. Some have called for the university’s president to resign. Pioneer Hall on the Linfield University campus in McMinnville, Ore.Credit...Will Matsuda for The New York Times May 1, 2021 Across the country, colleges and universities have been wrestling with allegations of sexual misconduct, racial discri...

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neithe...

The Hopkins political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg wrote The Fall of the Faculty in 2011. "I hope to wake up the faculty," he told Inside Higher Ed at the time. "We’re like the residents of a Japanese city living next to the ocean and thinking the tsunami won’t affect us." Ten years later, is the tsunami here? The water is at least rising. Our Tom Bartlett and Jack Stripling report on the events at Linfield University, where Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured English professor, appears to ha...

Adam B. Steinbaugh, attorney for a national campus civil liberties organization that defends students and faculty rights, said the lack of due process afforded to fired English Prof. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, is alarming. “I think this is bogus. There’s no at will exception for tenured faculty. It’s the nuclear option. I think they’re right in calling this an extraordinary action. I don’t see this sort of dereliction of procedure very often.''

ADL calls on Oregon university president to resign over firing of Jewish professor who alleged antisemitism A 2018 photo of the Linfield University campus in McMinnville, Ore. (George Rose/Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — Criticism is mounting over the firing of a Jewish professor who accused his Oregon university’s leadership of making antisemitic comments, with the local branch of the Anti-Defamation League joining calls for the president of the school to resign. Students ...

Linfield fires professor who alleged antisemitism and mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations Only online subscribers may access this article. For all other subscription offers, click here. Already a subscriber, please log in. Related Articles Hibb Another outrageous display of heavy-handed actions that have ignored the truth and have opted to try and rid themselves of a problem while actually ignoring the real problem of Davis/Baca. I am personally disgusted with Linfield and will no lon...

(JTA) — Linfield University has fired a Jewish professor who accused the school’s president of making antisemitic remarks. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured professor who taught English literature at the small Oregon university, has accused Linfield President Miles K. Davis of making multiple antisemitic remarks in recent years. The antisemitism, he said, was partly a backlash to Pollack-Pelzner demanding that the school do more to address allegations of sexual assault against multiple univ...

Black racist Mikes K. Davis wished B. Ramadan - "Temporary Closed for Spiritual Maintenance" blessed #Ramadan https://t.co/Vm3338h1ah April 12, 2021 By BEN SALES / JTA 28 April 2021, 9:30 pm   Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured professor who taught English literature, has accused Linfield President Miles K. Davis of making multiple antisemitic remarks in recent years. The antisemitism, he said, was partly a backlash to Pollack-Pelzner demanding that the school do more to address alleg...

A group backed by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel protested the unloading of a container ship... However, the university responded by accusing the professor of lying, insisting that he had “deliberately circulated false statements about the university, its employees and its board.” Central to Pollack-Plezner’s concerns about the university were the antisemitic remarks allegedly made to him by Linfield’s president, Miles K. Davis. In their interactions...