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Friday, February 12, 2010

Just How Important is Tenure to a College Professor?

Apparently pretty important:
Police said a female member of the UA-Huntsville faculty shot and killed three co-workers on campus.

Huntsville Police, Madison County Sheriff's department and HEMSI responded to a shooting at the UAH campus at 4:00 Friday afternoon.

The shooting happened in the Shelby Center, a math and science classroom building.

Authorities said a female faculty member during a Biology faculty meeting learned she would not receive tenure. She then pulled out a gun and started shooting.

Tenure in this case refers to a senior academic's contractual right not to have their position terminated without just cause.
There was obviously more going on in this disturbed lady's life than just her concerns about tenure. Sad deal.

1 comment:

Goofy Dick said...

Apparantly this professor was just plain nuts. If something this minor causes one to MURDER other's, they are one unbalanced iindividual. We do not need such educator's in the classroom.