Comments on: The Dismissal of Joel Kovel: Sanity in Academia http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-dismissal-of-joel-kovel-sanity-in-academia/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Charles Van Horn http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-dismissal-of-joel-kovel-sanity-in-academia/#comment-228971 Charles Van Horn Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:02:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=47448#comment-228971 Dear Mark Lytle, He was fired Mark. You academics have a knack for spin. And if he wasn't fired, he should have been. Dear Mark Lytle,

He was fired Mark. You academics have a knack for spin. And if he wasn’t fired, he
should have been.

]]> By: Mark Lytle http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-dismissal-of-joel-kovel-sanity-in-academia/#comment-211118 Mark Lytle Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:21:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=47448#comment-211118 I am a long time colleague of Joel Kovel and played a tangential role in the college decision not to renew his contract. He was not fired; the current financial crisis played a key role as did his diminishing participation in the college and his teaching evaluations. Prof. Kovel's decision to politicize his departure does a great disservice to colleagues and a college who welcomed him for 21 years when few other institutions would. That Bard has recently initiated a liberal arts college for Palestinians should give pause to those who accept Prof. Kovel's claims at face value. I am a long time colleague of Joel Kovel and played a tangential role in the college decision not to renew his contract. He was not fired; the current financial crisis played a key role as did his diminishing participation in the college and his teaching evaluations. Prof. Kovel’s decision to politicize his departure does a great disservice to colleagues and a college who welcomed him for 21 years when few other institutions would. That Bard has recently initiated a liberal arts college for Palestinians should give pause to those who accept Prof. Kovel’s claims at face value.

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