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"A History Instructor Complained About Parking Fees. It Cost Him His Job"
https://www-chronicle-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/article/a-history-instructor-complained-about-parking-fees-it-cost-him-his-job
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He complained about the high price of parking. He disputed the President's numbers in a "cordial" but "tense" public meeting on the topic. He turned over the research documenting his numbers. Two and a half weeks later, the provost fired him, explaining that Tarleton State University would not "tolerate intolerable behavior."


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@rspfau @vfrmedia @gemlog @petersuber @academicchatter
Thanks for this link. People who sign up for leadership positions in higher ed and have not the smallest tolerance for dissent or discomfort are truly baffling to me. I hope this (by all accounts) fine teacher lands well somewhere else.

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