the spotlight on Churchill revealed numerous complaints of academic misconduct that had been raised by other academics, but never addressed by CU. He was accused of plagiarism, inventing historical incidents and ghostwriting essays which he then cited in his footnotes in support of his own views.I wrote previously about Churchill in 2005: Ward Churchill posts. It's good to see that Churchill's lies and distortions have finally been proven in the light of day.
Those allegations were the ones that brought dismissal today.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Ward Churchill - fired from University of Colorado
A lovely piece of academic news - Ward Churchill has just been fired from his job at the University of Colorado:
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The Duke lacrosse team fiasco shows that liberal educators have created a phony cultural paradigm that distorts reality. And, no one exploits phony paradigms, obfuscates truth, or games the system like the Clintons.
ReplyDeleteThe Taliban might as well as run the university. -David Horowitz
Set the Wayback Machine for 23 August 1995: a hot day in the nation’s capitol. But 3000 miles due west on California’s Central Coast, a constellation of events was unfolding that would have a profound effect on Western civilization; plunge it into decades of war. Yet, this cataclysmic upheaval was only part of the plan. Bill Clinton picked up the telephone. It was his Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, calling from a payphone in Monterey. Bill held the receiver at arms length and gazed at the tasteful floral arrangement that adorned the Oval Office. Leon’s disembodied voice filled the room. What now, asked Hillary. It’s that damn college, mouthed Bill. There was, no getting out. Hillary nodded, just tell Leon he’ll get whatever he needs: http://theseedsof9-11.com
Hmm, I don't quite know what this has to do with Ward Churchill.
ReplyDeleteRight. Pretty sure if the Taliban ran the university, Churchill would have been promoted, not fired.
ReplyDeleteIt is also worth noting the other case of an academic personnel controversy around the same time: Finkelstein at DePaul.