Ward Churchill
[I’m not WC’s biggest fan, but it’s an outrage he’s been fired.
“First they came for Churchill, but because I was not an incendiary
hack…”]
WARD CHURCHILL SUPPORT: http://wardchurchill.net/ U OF COLORADO PRESIDENT HANK BROWN: Ofc of Pres: (303) 860-5600 Fax: (303) 860-5610 Media inquiries: (303) 860-5627 Email: OfficeOfThePresident@cu.edu U OF COLORADO CHAIR, BD OF REGENTS PATRICIA HAYES Patricia.Hayes@cu.edu
Ward Churchill Case - Press Release - CU Regents Dismiss Ward Churchill
https://www.cu.edu:443/churchillcase/release.html
July 24, 2007
BOULDER-The University of Colorado Board of Regents today voted to
accept President Hank Brown’s recommendation to dismiss Professor
Ward Churchill from the faculty of CU-Boulder for conduct that fell
below minimum standards of professional integrity.
The vote concluded nearly two and a half years of an extensive
faculty review process to investigate charges of research misconduct
against Professor Churchill. More than 20 tenured faculty members
from CU and other institutions served on three separate panels. Each
panel conducted a thorough review of his work and faculty involved
found evidence showing Professor Churchill engaged in research
misconduct, and that it required serious sanction.
“The university has an obligation to ensure its faculty’s work is
above reproach, said CU president Hank Brown. “Academic freedom
requires academic integrity, responsibility and accountability.”
The record of the case www.cu.edu/churchillcase shows a pattern of
serious, repeated and deliberate research misconduct that fell below
the minimum stand of professional integrity, involving fabrication,
falsification, improper citation and plagiarism.
The university’s review of Professor Churchill focused on his
professional activities, not his statements about victims of
September 11, 2001. Professor Churchill, like every United States
citizen, has the right to make controversial political statements.
Early in the investigation, the university determined his speech was
protected by the First Amendment. http://www.colorado.edu/news/
reports/churchill/distefanostatement.html
The University of Colorado values academic freedom as the bedrock of
any university. But for academic freedom to thrive, it must be
accompanied by academic and professional integrity.
The lengthy review process adhered to shared governance procedures
established by the faculty and adopted by the Regents. During the
more than two years the investigative process has taken, Professor
Churchill had the opportunity to present his position. The process
allowed him to make his case in writing, in person, with his attorney
and with his own witnesses.
The board’s decision to dismiss is final. Professor Churchill will
receive one year’s salary as a tenured professor, but will be
immediately relieved of his faculty post and responsibilities.
The University of Colorado is a three-university system with campuses
in Boulder and Colorado Springs, and a Denver and Health Sciences
Center campus located in downtown Denver and at the Anschutz Medical
Campus in Aurora. CU is a premier teaching and research university,
ranked sixth among public institutions in federal research
expenditures by the National Science Foundation. Academic prestige is
marked by CU’s four Nobel laureates, seven MacArthur “genius”
Fellows, 18 alumni astronauts, 19 Rhodes Scholars and CU-Boulder’s
ranking of 11th best public university and 34th best overall
university in the world by the Institute for Higher Education.
For further information, please visit www.cu.edu or contact Ken
McConnellogue at (303) 860.5626