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Wow, reading all these letters by NYU faculty to the office of the president is quite something. Do read them all. Highlighting one by History Professor Steven Hahn, as it encapsulates everything (in one screenshot).
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@pvonhellermannn Thanks for sharing. I think we professors in the US have to take a moment to realize what the power of tenure is and why the political right wants to take it away from universities. So many of my colleagues viscerally fear using it when university administrations become long arms of governments trying to eliminate #DEI funding, harassing certain research fields, or squelching protest. I am happy to see these sternly worded letters to university presidents, but there are bigger uses of tenure, like turning classes into teach-ins until situations are remedied, not teaching, etc. But to do it we need solidarity. That has been lacking due to fear.
@Brad_Rosenheim @pvonhellermannn also, the increasing use for teaching of adjuncts, who don't have tenure.
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Thanks for bringing up tenure. I am a full-time lecturer but not on a tenure track. At my age, I can't risk losing this job.
However, to some extent, every class can be a teach-in. For example, I teach game programming. So I ask my class what they would do about the industry being so unwelcoming. I teach digital media. So I tell my students about the infamous "Lena" picture, why it became pervasive, and that it still circulates.
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@pvonhellermannn He nails the problem with his last line: "You should be ashamed of yourself". The single biggest problem, in my thinking, is the complete loss of any sense of shame with public figures.
@pvonhellermannn My grampa was 1 of the Hollywood 10, blacklisted & jailed. It caused generational trauma that is still being felt. Many people don’t know how badly corrupt & illegal what the government did then was, in the name of propaganda, that is coming to fruition today.
That's one hell of a way of saying, "History will regard you not with fondness, but with hate."
@pvonhellermannn that last line is such a kicker
@pvonhellermannn tenure is such an important thing