tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post5744878763279106091..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: A Lecturer at Princeton Commits SuicideClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-26236212985642234012011-04-23T12:44:11.791-04:002011-04-23T12:44:11.791-04:00I'm all for an outside investigation. Princeto...I'm all for an outside investigation. Princeton, though? I don't think there is a huge chance of that.<br /><br />When I was choosing a grad school senior colleagues insisted that I did not apply to Princeton because the Spanish department there is "a snake pit." I'm no seeing the truth of that statement.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-64309380291859783492011-04-23T12:21:03.967-04:002011-04-23T12:21:03.967-04:00Everything you have said is correct however it doe...Everything you have said is correct however it doesnt apply to this situation that is all. Remember there is always a back story in life. None of this brings him back but he is surely worth an investigation by outsiders so please don't be too quick to dismiss all that has been written you would be surprised by how power corrupts. Gender and Power go hand in hand here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-48073544194520398512011-04-23T11:54:21.069-04:002011-04-23T11:54:21.069-04:00If you think that there is a university on this co...If you think that there is a university on this continent where women run the show, then you haven't been part of the system for long.<br /><br />The way Dr. Calvo was treated was absolutely inhumane, wrong, appalling and unforgivable. However, I see no reason to turn it into a gender issues. This can happen to any untenured worker at any time. As indeed it does.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-16192085779534038302011-04-23T11:51:16.187-04:002011-04-23T11:51:16.187-04:00This is not about other schools. Open your eyes it...This is not about other schools. Open your eyes it is what it is. Betcha they figured he'd be on a plane without the resources to sue (chuckle chuckle) as they patted themselves on the back for wrapping this one up in a tidy package. No muss no fuss. This was political correctness the industry at work. How many women are running the show at the university?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-30324061282118280652011-04-23T11:15:53.360-04:002011-04-23T11:15:53.360-04:00OK, I get what you are saying but where do you fin...OK, I get what you are saying but where do you find the gender aspect here? I've seen such things happen in different universities. It is now routine in academia to dispose of people this way. But it is not a gender thing at all. People of both genders get tossed out like this all the time. It happens to women more because the majority of exploited lecturers, adjuncts and instructors are women.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-20025460620912894872011-04-23T10:28:57.867-04:002011-04-23T10:28:57.867-04:00Justice? Are you kidding there is no justice when ...Justice? Are you kidding there is no justice when the Nanny Deans decide your fate over a formal coffee klatch assembly. In order to preserve the new order everything is rubber stamped and this white male didnt stand a chance. First the Nannies decide your fate. Then they create the paper work to hang (privacy and private institution status protects the assembly). No communication with the victim or his department.The victim's fate and his passion blow in the wind. The victim senses he is going to be destroyed but no it cant be can it months pass? Then the decision is handed down in the Star Chamber and released at the end of the year when its too late to find a job or preserve your integrity. Escorted out like a criminal the Nannies have spoken. More silence. Then the whisper campaign 'what could he have done to deserve this' And in his case shipped back because of his Visa status, he is ruined his entire social network cut off. Not even a dog is treated in this disgusting despicable manner. Why because he displeased the Nannies of education.The finger pointers. Take a good look at them on graduation day. The revolting power processional. Everyone who knows this man knows that he represents everything Princeton once was a passionate brilliant educator too bad he is a male. The institution is harboring heartless, brutal souls. Shame on those who stand by protecting their pensions in silence. The Tiger has been neutered and replaced. Congratulations ladies you broke him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-22499607351550351912011-04-23T04:27:45.800-04:002011-04-23T04:27:45.800-04:00Now the architects of this disaster need time to c...Now the architects of this disaster need time to create a short caring note for the donors to read. Funny thing everyone thinks the Princeton experience is about having a great professor like Dr Calvo . The executioners hide behind the joy these professors create. Princeton is really about the way Dr. Calvo was treated. The whisper campaign the silence and the well crafted humiliation that broke the man. Keep blogging. The Star Chamber needs to retire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-58826661097161748402011-04-22T01:57:49.722-04:002011-04-22T01:57:49.722-04:00Well, nonrenewal of contract for people not on the...Well, nonrenewal of contract for people not on the tenure track happens every day, for lots of reasons. Cause is often not given publicly and this can be for good or bad reasons (e.g. protect privacy, or hide iniquity). <br /><br />Events like the closing of whole departments, dismissal of all faculty due to program reduction, are different.<br /><br />What strikes me about this case is that there appears to have been some sort of cabal at the administrative level. Note that the department wanted to keep this person and had done so for a long time. This is where it looks really bad. Not that it can't be done and so on, and not that the AAUP can necessarily fix it, but it looks quite bad nonetheless.<br /><br />You have to look at the policy statements and faculty handbooks of the school in question to see what sort of procedural recourse there is. I've noticed a huge variety. I've also noticed that visible public universities really do have to follow the law more closely, are subject to more laws, etc.cinemanovonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-61711777585863301102011-04-21T08:01:11.130-04:002011-04-21T08:01:11.130-04:00cine: You are being very cryptic, my friend.
I&#...cine: You are being very cryptic, my friend. <br /><br />I've seen the exact same thing being done to people at other universities, so I don't understand why everybody finds the story to be so mysterious.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-63912523301995007762011-04-21T04:55:38.957-04:002011-04-21T04:55:38.957-04:00I am a union organizer and I know. The thing about...I am a union organizer and I know. The thing about this particular case is how they appear to have done it.cinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-12990576441116895732011-04-20T20:17:14.292-04:002011-04-20T20:17:14.292-04:00Clarissa is right that this trend afflicts all uni...Clarissa is right that this trend afflicts all universities, public and private. Non-tenure-line faculty are by far the majority at American universities (close to 70%, according to the AAUP) and administrators like it that way because they (we) are disposable. Tenure is being hollowed out through the use of contingent faculty. Florida is mounting a full-on assault against tenure in its state universities, but a frontal attack is hardly necessary when you look at the numerical decline of tenure-line faculty.<br /><br />I am very fortunate in that my job is safe for next year, and even if it weren't, I'm a U.S. citizen. But I really feel for Dr. Calvo and his loved ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-70378644652365607602011-04-20T19:03:49.296-04:002011-04-20T19:03:49.296-04:00That's a different matter: program reduction a...That's a different matter: program reduction and so on.cinemanovonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-33773769039867638592011-04-20T13:51:40.326-04:002011-04-20T13:51:40.326-04:00State universities all over the country are firing...State universities all over the country are firing tenured professors, so I don't think this is a private vs public dichotomy.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-34813625688850897302011-04-20T13:47:45.097-04:002011-04-20T13:47:45.097-04:00My family has observed that private schools have a...My family has observed that private schools have a lot more leeway to get away with this kind of thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-89190973580827349002011-04-20T12:23:41.259-04:002011-04-20T12:23:41.259-04:00This is not the first time I see administrators do...This is not the first time I see administrators do this to people. Instead of informing them in advance that their contract will not be renewed, which will give them a chance to find another job, they fire them right after the job market closes. This creates a threat of deportation within WEEKS.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-63583107602998967262011-04-20T12:21:00.362-04:002011-04-20T12:21:00.362-04:00This is really horrifying. The AAUP needs to get i...This is really horrifying. The AAUP needs to get involved, too, since thay consider any faculty member with that much experience to be entitled to the same protection as tenured faculty. Or at least they used to.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.com