Two pieces of good news have come in on the heels of recent discussions on this blog.
1. Saint Louis University decided to withdraw its proposal to abolish tenure.
2. CUNY’s Karen Steele has apologized for her threats to punish the members of the English department for exercising their academic freedom.
This is precisely why it is so crucial that we raise a mighty stink whenever anybody tries to infringe on our rights. Activism works, and nowadays it is especially easy to engage in productive activism because we can use the Internet to make our ideas as widely known as possible. Only this year there have been many cases where unfair and wrong policies were stopped at the very beginning by the efforts of everybody who denounced them online.
Build your blogs and social networks, stay connected, make your voice count. We have an unprecedented opportunity to fight injustice and make sure that things don’t get sneaked past us.
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Considering your last argument, now I support your position about St.Louis project. For the CUNY case, this was a no-brainer.
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I’m very glad we are in agreement! 🙂 Je me souviens. . .
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For me, it’s clear right now that the USA tenure has not the same nature than the Québec tenure.
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That’s probably true.
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And this activism is way better than voting Democrats to change things…
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Exactly. The times of sitting there hoping that some guy in the White House will do something right are over. Now it’s our turn to make sure things happen!
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Exactly!
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