Posted on 10/30/2016 4:30:02 PM PDT by OddLane
An NYU professor crusading against political correctness and student coddling was booted from the classroom last week after his colleagues complained about his “incivility,” The Post has learned.
Liberal studies prof Michael Rectenwald, 57, said he was forced Wednesday to go on paid leave for the rest of the semester.
“They are actually pushing me out the door for having a different perspective,” the academic told The Post...
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Paid leave is cool.
““They are actually pushing me out the door for having a different perspective,” the academic told The Post...
The Trump Train is adding additional cars by the minute.
Come aboard! Baskets, coats, and tendies are still very much available!
Snowflakes among the faculty.
Somebody needs to “lecture” these Leftist yutes and their Commie profs with a rubber hose.
Trump should cut off federal funding to all schools and universities that try to limit free speech and silence faculty and students with this silly pc crap. I am sick to death of these types of stories.
That is a great suggestion!
If he's not tenured he can sue.
Did he have tenure?
No diversity of thought allowed...
If he didn’t, he’ll never get it now.
Any taxpayer dollars going to NYU, in any form, need to be shut-off immediately.
It is ironic the 60’s leftist college students, who now control higher education in America, demanded free speech and expression as students but now suppress thought and speech.
So basically his school and fellow faculty have proven that everything this guy said is true. No diversity of thought allowed in the liberal gulag...
HOPE THE GOOD PROFESSOR WINDS UP ON THE TRUMP TEAM TO OVER HAUL THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION..... Payback is a bitch.
FTA: But Rectenwald is disheartened.
“I’m afraid my academic career is over,” he said . “Academic freedom: It’s great, as long as you don’t use it.”
It helps to read the article before commenting. He is NOT yet tenured. He is just an Assistant Professor. He was naive to think that he could talk to a student newspaper columnist in an interview and not have a negative outcome . You have to be VERY careful until you get tenured. Even after getting tenure, liberal colleagues can make your academic life into a hell.
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