Fifteen tenured professors were fired today at East Stroudsburg University -- about 70 miles west of NYC. Across Pennsylvania, dozens of other tenured professors were just fired due to controversial, GOP-engineered budget cuts. Here's a round-up of stories.
Tomorrow (Oct. 29) at 2 p.m. in front of campus, a massive rally will be held at East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg PA to protest the firings.
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Tue Oct 29, 2013 at 8:53 AM PT: Campus and web activism seem to be helping! Retrenchment plans have been suddenly scaled back a second time in a few days. Winning.
Thanks for helping to raise consciousness of this issue. The breaking of the promise of tenure to public university humanities professors is a cruel and historically ineffective policy with firm roots in the corporatization of higher education.
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