This article doesn’t have near enough information about the events that led to a tenured professor’s dismissal, but it is shocking to hear that a university is taking such aggressive action against a tenured professor. It’s clear that he refused to give grades, and he’s clearly outspoken:
But by abandoning traditional marks, Prof. Rancourt apparently sealed his own failing grade: In December, the senior physicist was suspended from teaching, locked out of his laboratory and told that the university administration was recommending his dismissal and banning him from campus.
Firing a tenured professor is rare in itself, but two weeks ago the university took an even more extreme step: When Prof. Rancourt went on campus to host a regular meeting of his documentary film society, he was led away in handcuffs by police and charged with trespassing.
Clearly, a piece of the story is missing, so it is hard to know what to make of it. Outrage, pending.
