Hiring Adjuncts as if They Matter

Ward Churchill. Have you heard of him? My guess is that you have. Way back in 2001, this tenured professor made some comments about the World Trade Center attacks, and about the people who died. His right to free speech was defended by his institution, the University of Colorado, in the face of calls to fire him. However, administrators subsequently launched an investigation into the quality of his scholarly work, and the committee concluded that Churchill had fabricated research data and plagiarized the work of others. In early July, the University of Colorado’s interim chancellor initiated the process to fire […]