We Support A Fair Tenure Process for Dr. Norman Finkelstein
To:Dennis H. Holtschneider, President, DePaul UniversityHelmut P. Epp, Provost, DePaul Universityand theTrustees, Deans, Faculty and Students of DePaul UniversityWe are deeply concerned about reports... continue reading »
"Dr Finkelstein's outstanding achievements should be the basis of his tenure."
"Please stop these actions which appear to me to be very like the Nazi Party when they were coming to power. This country is in grave danger."
"Denying Tenure to a world-class scholar can only happen under academic Fascism."
"Shame on the dean for disregarding Dr. Finkelstein's student evaluations and peer evaluations. Shame for taking the line AIPAC and others would have you take."
"this is america... think free speech."
"The tenuring process must not be politicized, and especially not influenced by malicious personal attacks by professors from other institutions. Professor Finkelstein's work is well-researched and invaluable, although politically contentious. As a Jew hig"
"Dr. Norman Finklestein should be saluted for his courage to speak truth to power. DePaul must support him too."
"I am the grandfather of alum Keka Schermerhorn, and resent the liklihood that yet another AIPAC flack is campaigning against Dr. Finkelstein. Tenure should be on his qualifications, not on a critic's campaign against his philosophy."
"Mr. Finkelstein has added enormous scholarship to the Israel/Palestine issue. Sure he is willing to be controversial - yet to to shy away from controversy when discussing the Middle East shows a lack of intellectual courage and integrity."
"Dr. Finkelstein is an asset to DePaul University and the continuence of free thought."
"I'd bet Finkelstein does not plagerize"
"Norman Finkelstein is one of my heroes, if he were to be British he would be wortty of a knighthood!"