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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCornel West says in resignation letter over tenure dispute that Harvard is in 'decline and decay'
He seems to have been leaving Harvard for several months, in which case it ain't LBN.
Mon Mar 8, 2021: Cornel West leaving Harvard teaching post
Cornel West resigns from Harvard after tenure dispute and accuses university of 'spiritual rot'
By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN
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By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN
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Cornel West says in resignation letter over tenure dispute that Harvard is in decline and decay
By Timothy Bella
July 13, 2021 | Updated today at 2:32 p.m. EDT
Cornel West, considered one of the most prominent Black philosophers and progressive activists in the country, announced Monday that he has resigned from his position at Harvard Universitys Divinity School, saying the institution is in a state of decline and decay and spiritual rot.
In a resignation letter dated June 30 and posted to Twitter, West suggested that discrimination at the university drove him to leave the Divinity School. The 68-year-old scholar said in March that he was abandoning his quest for tenure at Harvard to return to the Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he first taught more than four decades earlier.
How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and decay, he wrote. The disarray of a scattered curriculum, the disenchantment of talented yet deferential faculty, and the disorientation of precious students loom large.
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By Timothy Bella
Timothy Bella is a staff writer and editor for the General Assignment team, focusing on national news. His work has appeared in outlets such as Esquire, the Atlantic, New York magazine and the Undefeated. Twitter https://twitter.com/TimBella
Cornel West says in resignation letter over tenure dispute that Harvard is in decline and decay
By Timothy Bella
July 13, 2021 | Updated today at 2:32 p.m. EDT
Cornel West, considered one of the most prominent Black philosophers and progressive activists in the country, announced Monday that he has resigned from his position at Harvard Universitys Divinity School, saying the institution is in a state of decline and decay and spiritual rot.
In a resignation letter dated June 30 and posted to Twitter, West suggested that discrimination at the university drove him to leave the Divinity School. The 68-year-old scholar said in March that he was abandoning his quest for tenure at Harvard to return to the Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he first taught more than four decades earlier.
How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and decay, he wrote. The disarray of a scattered curriculum, the disenchantment of talented yet deferential faculty, and the disorientation of precious students loom large.
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By Timothy Bella
Timothy Bella is a staff writer and editor for the General Assignment team, focusing on national news. His work has appeared in outlets such as Esquire, the Atlantic, New York magazine and the Undefeated. Twitter https://twitter.com/TimBella
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Cornel West says in resignation letter over tenure dispute that Harvard is in 'decline and decay' (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2021
OP
Alexandria. Nova's in the heart of Alexandria's educational district.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2021
#12
Amazing program. I love how the Community colleges have hooked up with the
bottomofthehill
Jul 2021
#13
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)1. Maybe Brother Trump will give him a
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)10. If it's a money gig you can bet Cornell is all about it.
brooklynite
(93,834 posts)2. What actual teaching or academic study has he done?
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,884 posts)4. Don't ask me. I went to Northern Virginia Community College. NT
bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)11. Nice, Annandale, Alexandria or Woodbridge.
NOVA has almost 60,000 students now.
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,884 posts)12. Alexandria. Nova's in the heart of Alexandria's educational district.
Well, not anymore with VT opening up in Potomac Yards. But there is a bus that connects the two districts.
bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)13. Amazing program. I love how the Community colleges have hooked up with the
The state colleges and universities to make an education more affordable.
msongs
(67,193 posts)3. well golly gee sounds like he is getting out just in time from that hell hole nt
Hekate
(90,189 posts)5. There is no earthly reason to use all those exclamation marks! It adds nothing!
It looks unprofessional! It distracts!
And away he stomps to the new job thats been publicly known about since March, tossing a gasoline soaked rag on the bridge behind him, still demanding adulation by all.
Best wishes, Dr West. See someone about that spiritual rot.
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,884 posts)7. You saw that too! NT!
Sibelius Fan
(24,376 posts)6. The concept of a divinity school is troubling.
hlthe2b
(101,701 posts)8. I'm surprised he's not blaming Obama...
Sorry, Cornel West. You were DONE a long time ago. Your schtick has lost all luster.
Me.
(35,454 posts)9. Maybe He's The One In Decline
and been decaying ever since PBO didn't personally invite him to the Inaugural
joetheman
(1,450 posts)14. He is a big part of the "rot." nt