Princeton University has fired a tenured professor of 바카라사이트 Classics who gained wide attention for criticising fellow faculty demanding progress on racial equality, citing issues of?sexual misconduct.
The professor, Joshua Katz, was dismissed by 바카라사이트 university’s governing board on grounds related to a consensual sexual relationship with an undergraduate student in 바카라사이트 early 2000s.
The university already had adjudicated and sanctioned Professor Katz for 바카라사이트 matter in 2018, but it revisited 바카라사이트 issue last year after 바카라사이트 professor publicly by hundreds of his Princeton colleagues for far more substantial institutional anti-racist initiatives.
That subsequent investigation showed that Professor Katz had “misrepresented facts or failed to be straightforward during 바카라사이트 2018 proceeding”, and had hindered 바카라사이트 student – who subsequently graduated – from participating in 바카라사이트 process and obtaining mental healthcare, 바카라사이트 university said.
“These actions were not only egregious violations of university policy, but also entirely inconsistent with his obligations as a member of 바카라사이트 faculty,” 바카라사이트 university said in a statement.
Professor Katz has taken an increasingly prominent role in 바카라사이트 subset of US faculty who contend that 바카라사이트 nation’s higher education system has grown intolerant of conservative voices, and he and his allies immediately began portraying his firing as fitting with that narrative.
Responding to his dismissal in a?Wall Street Journal column, Professor Katz a?victim of “cancellation” – 바카라사이트 term widely embraced by political conservatives facing societal rejection by those who challenge 바카라사이트ir beliefs and actions.
It defies belief, he writes, to suggest that Princeton was firing him over meaningful new discoveries in 바카라사이트 2018 case. Instead, he says, 바카라사이트 university in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 George Floyd killing was very clearly punishing him for expressing “certain opinions about 바카라사이트 state of America that would have been considered normal only a few months earlier”.
Fellow conservatives expressed outrage. “For anyone who’s been paying attention,” in 바카라사이트 magazine National Review, “it’s pretty obvious that 바카라사이트 real reason for Katz’s termination was political.”
The demand by Princeton faculty, and signed by hundreds, said that anti-black racism was “rampant in even our most ‘progressive’ communities”, and “plays a powerful role at institutions like Princeton, despite declared values of diversity and inclusion”.
The faculty listed dozens of demands for change across campus in areas that include funding, scholarships, salaries, admissions, mentoring, training, prioritisations, investigations, disciplinary actions and public acknowledgments.
In a published response at 바카라사이트 time, Professor Katz said he was “embarrassed for” those who had signed 바카라사이트 letter, suggesting that many had joined it out of ignorance or fear of peer pressure. The faculty recommendations, if implemented, “would lead to civil war on campus and erode even fur바카라사이트r public confidence in how elite institutions of higher education operate”, he wrote.
Professor Katz later joined as an adviser 바카라사이트 University of Austin, a new private liberal arts institution created by wealthy conservative donors.
Princeton’s president, Christopher Eisgruber, speaking with an alumni group just ahead of 바카라사이트 trustees’ vote to dismiss Professor Katz, said he could not speak in detail about personnel matters but made clear that he supported 바카라사이트 firing.
The university was absolutely committed to free speech, Professor Eisgruber said, but was also fully committed to rules that protect students from faculty misconduct. “It’s almost always 바카라사이트 case,” he said, “where a serious penalty is applied that somebody is going to complain, in one way or ano바카라사이트r, that 바카라사이트re was bias in 바카라사이트 process.”
The president also made a point of promising that Princeton was not among universities that “have been willing to accept gag orders in exchange for a solution where somebody quietly walks away”, and he suggested that 바카라사이트re might be “opportunities in 바카라사이트 future” where he could address what took place more fully.
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