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| Instapundit: University retaliated against instructor by making her teach women's studies |
| 2019-12-22 |
| [TheCollegeFix] A jury is considering whether the University of Michigan discriminated and retaliated against Asian-American husband-and-wife faculty who were trying to expose “discrimination and inequity” in their department, MLive reports. One of the allegations: The university took away lecturer Emily Lawsin’s American culture classes and forced her to teach women’s studies as retaliation when it extended her contract for five years. The university initially didn’t renew her contract last year. Her husband Scott Kurashige resigned in 2014, following what he calls a “constructive discharge” as a tenured professor and director of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program. He now teaches at the University of Washington-Bothell. Kurashige’s constructive discharge followed the “discriminatory and hostile treatment” from American Culture department leaders, in response to his “continued pursuit of exposing discrimination and inequity” in the department and College of Literature, Sciences & the Arts. Their lawsuit is seeking reinstatement of his two positions among other things. Related: University of Michigan: 2019-12-07 Pressure on US Education Dept. to stop funding anti-Israel programs University of Michigan: 2019-12-06 Birds are getting smaller. Scientists see the echo of climate change. University of Michigan: 2019-11-09 Engineer said to send US trade secrets to brother with Iran nuke program links |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 IIUC "constructive discharge" refers to termination in all but name, with the implication that the act of termination violated the law. Sounds like retaliation against an academic who called BS on his department's illegal, moronic, virtue-signaling Shitshow. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-22 22:01 |
| #2 Do they require new students to attend Western Civ classes or the 'studies' programs? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-12-22 16:57 |
| #1 I suppose it could be worse--they could have required her to take the course. |
| Posted by: James 2019-12-22 15:16 |