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Waiting on Ward
Yesterday marked the completion of the lengthy investigation of Ward Churchill that the University of Colorado launched last fall. Having spent last summer investigating whether to investigate Churchill, and having run into difficulties when two panel members resigned after word got out that their presence on the panel represented a conflict of interest, the university has spent over a year attempting to decide how to adjudicate Churchill's case. The investigative panel turned in its final report yesterday, and the results should be made public next week. UC chancellor Phil DiStefano is expected to announce a final decision on Churchill's fate on June 8.
But even if Churchill is exonerated, this does not mark the end of the strife between him and Colorado administrators. Last May, additional charges of academic misconduct were filed against Churchill, and the university has just announced that it will open a new investigation to assess their merit. Churchill and his lawyer claim the new charges--which center on the misreporting of some facts in a book Churchill co-authored before joining the Colorado faculty--are spurious, and that Churchill will file suit against the university for harassment if it does not drop them. "It's not going to be the endless Ward Churchill investigation," Churchill told the Associated Press.
Posted by acta online on May 10, 2006 at May 10, 2006 03:56 PM
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""It's not going to be the endless Ward Churchill investigation," Churchill told the Associated Press."
Well gee, Ward, that pretty much depends on your own conduct.
Posted by: Federal Dog at May 11, 2006 05:38 PM
"Ajudicate"? This does not seem to me to be correct terminology. This isn't a legal proceeding, it's administrative. These aren't "jurors" and there's no judge; this is an institution that gets to enforce its own rules.
I'm sure that Churchill would like to make others think this is about "censorship," but it isn't. It's about conduct.
Posted by: B. P. at May 12, 2006 11:34 AM