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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,884 posts)
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 07:56 PM Jul 2021

Cornel 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


Education

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 University’s 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
Maybe Brother Trump will give him a comradebillyboy Jul 2021 #1
If it's a money gig you can bet Cornell is all about it. BannonsLiver Jul 2021 #10
What actual teaching or academic study has he done? brooklynite Jul 2021 #2
Don't ask me. I went to Northern Virginia Community College. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 #4
Nice, Annandale, Alexandria or Woodbridge. bottomofthehill Jul 2021 #11
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
well golly gee sounds like he is getting out just in time from that hell hole nt msongs Jul 2021 #3
There is no earthly reason to use all those exclamation marks! It adds nothing! Hekate Jul 2021 #5
You saw that too! NT! mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 #7
The concept of a divinity school is troubling. Sibelius Fan Jul 2021 #6
I'm surprised he's not blaming Obama... hlthe2b Jul 2021 #8
Maybe He's The One In Decline Me. Jul 2021 #9
He is a big part of the "rot." nt joetheman Jul 2021 #14

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,884 posts)
12. Alexandria. Nova's in the heart of Alexandria's educational district.
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:36 PM
Jul 2021

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
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:39 PM
Jul 2021

The state colleges and universities to make an education more affordable.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
5. There is no earthly reason to use all those exclamation marks! It adds nothing!
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 08:09 PM
Jul 2021

It looks unprofessional! It distracts!

And away he stomps to the new job that’s 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.

hlthe2b

(101,701 posts)
8. I'm surprised he's not blaming Obama...
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 08:24 PM
Jul 2021


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
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 08:38 PM
Jul 2021

and been decaying ever since PBO didn't personally invite him to the Inaugural

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