PERSPECTIVES: “(In) Beautifully Wrapped Verbiage Lurks a Poison Pill”

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: Addressing a university proposal regarding faculty evaluation and possible termination, “WVU’s Aric Agmon, a neuroscience professor, said, ‘What we have in front of us is an attractive package, beautifully wrapped in verbiage about social justice, equity, and transparency. However, inside, far from transparent, lurks a poison pill: a new mechanism to terminate any faculty, whether tenured or not.’” Read more here.

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