05-02-2015, 10:01 AM
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Education
Marquette professor John McAdams says he's facing termination
By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel
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John McAdams, the Marquette University associate professor whose public criticism of a teaching assistant three months ago ignited a firestorm, is facing termination, McAdams posted Wednesday on his Marquette Warrior Blog.
McAdams blogged that his attorney received a letter Friday from Arts & Sciences Dean Richard Holz, stating: "We are commencing as of this date the procedures for revoking your tenure and dismissing you from the faculty."
Holz reportedly told McAdams: "It is vital for our university and our profession that graduate student instructors learn their craft as teachers of sometimes challenging and difficult students. Great teachers develop over time; many benefit from experienced mentors who share hard-earned insights. Thus, graduate student instructors should expect appropriate and constructive feedback in order to improve their teaching skills."
McAdams blogged Wednesday that he had no opportunity to "mentor" the instructor. "We had no teacher/student relationship. The people who should have mentored her (the Philosophy faculty) apparently failed to do so."
Marquette University President Michael Lovell took to social media within hours of McAdams blog post Wednesday night to address the Marquette community.
"While we will not discuss details of personnel matters, I can inform you that the university's review process is now complete," Lovell wrote. "Professor McAdams has been advised of the action that the university intends to take as a result. Until all procedures required under university rules and policies are complete, we will not publicly disclose further details."
Lovell then elaborated on the guiding principles that formed the basis of university actions against McAdams.
"The decisions here have everything to do with our Guiding Values and expectations of conduct toward each other and nothing to do with academic freedom, freedom of speech, or same-sex marriage," Lovell wrote on Facebook.
Blog ignites debate
The controversy begins Nov. 9 when McAdams posted on his blog about a student in a philosophy class confronting the graduate student instructor after class.
"He was disappointed that she quickly passed over the issue of gay marriage in class, since the student wanted to argue against the policy," McAdams recounted in his Wednesday blog post. "The instructor told the student that he was not allowed to make "homophobic" comments in class, and further that if he was allowed to argue against gay marriage, that would "offend" any gay students in class."
McAdams named the graduate student, Cheryl Abbate, in his Nov. 9 blog post. She transferred from Marquette University to University of Colorado last month, stating that she had received hate mail and had been threatened after McAdams blogged about her.
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Education
Marquette professor John McAdams says he's facing termination
By Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel
John McAdams
McAdams blogged that his attorney received a letter Friday from Arts & Sciences Dean Richard Holz, stating: "We are commencing as of this date the procedures for revoking your tenure and dismissing you from the faculty."
Holz reportedly told McAdams: "It is vital for our university and our profession that graduate student instructors learn their craft as teachers of sometimes challenging and difficult students. Great teachers develop over time; many benefit from experienced mentors who share hard-earned insights. Thus, graduate student instructors should expect appropriate and constructive feedback in order to improve their teaching skills."
McAdams blogged Wednesday that he had no opportunity to "mentor" the instructor. "We had no teacher/student relationship. The people who should have mentored her (the Philosophy faculty) apparently failed to do so."
Marquette University President Michael Lovell took to social media within hours of McAdams blog post Wednesday night to address the Marquette community.
"While we will not discuss details of personnel matters, I can inform you that the university's review process is now complete," Lovell wrote. "Professor McAdams has been advised of the action that the university intends to take as a result. Until all procedures required under university rules and policies are complete, we will not publicly disclose further details."
Lovell then elaborated on the guiding principles that formed the basis of university actions against McAdams.
"The decisions here have everything to do with our Guiding Values and expectations of conduct toward each other and nothing to do with academic freedom, freedom of speech, or same-sex marriage," Lovell wrote on Facebook.
Blog ignites debate
The controversy begins Nov. 9 when McAdams posted on his blog about a student in a philosophy class confronting the graduate student instructor after class.
"He was disappointed that she quickly passed over the issue of gay marriage in class, since the student wanted to argue against the policy," McAdams recounted in his Wednesday blog post. "The instructor told the student that he was not allowed to make "homophobic" comments in class, and further that if he was allowed to argue against gay marriage, that would "offend" any gay students in class."
McAdams named the graduate student, Cheryl Abbate, in his Nov. 9 blog post. She transferred from Marquette University to University of Colorado last month, stating that she had received hate mail and had been threatened after McAdams blogged about her.
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