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Related: About this forumNew College Interim President Corcoran recommends against tenure to 5 faculty, memo shows
The five faculty members had already been approved in February by Interim Provost Bradley Theissen when he served as interim president before Corcoran.New College of Florida Interim President Richard Corcoran sent a memo to the Board of Trustees recommending it deny tenure to five faculty members who had already been approved by current leadership.
The New College board will vote Wednesday on an agenda item titled "Determination of Tenure" for faculty members Rebecca Black, Lin Jiang, Nassima Neggaz, Gerardo Toro Farmer and Hugo Viera-Vargas. The faculty members had already been approved in February by Interim Provost Bradley Theissen when he served as interim president before Corcoran. Despite that approval, Corcoran had also asked the faculty members to withdraw their applications for tenure ahead of the final step for faculty tenure, Board of Trustees approval.
In his memo, Corcoran cited turnover on the board and in administration, a change in direction toward "a more traditional liberal arts institution," and the "current uncertainty of the needs" of the college, according to a copy of the memo obtained by the Herald-Tribune.
The faculty members up for tenure and several board members were not immediately available for comment.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/education/2023/04/20/new-college-interim-president-asks-board-to-deny-tenure-to-5-profs/70135435007/
More petty vindictiveness from this new administration, but the professors might be better off finding another more accommodating place to teach.
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New College Interim President Corcoran recommends against tenure to 5 faculty, memo shows (Original Post)
Zorro
Apr 2023
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no_hypocrisy
(48,687 posts)1. What a Dick Thing to do!
Too late for the 5 faculty to line up jobs for the next academic year.
Timeflyer
(2,617 posts)2. Just following DeSantis/Hillsdale Christofascist orders--nothing to see here, move along.
onethatcares
(16,566 posts)3. at his salary of $699,000.00
do you really think Corcoran cares?