Today the Board at St. Norbert College wrote to deny all applications for tenure and promotion. 4 of the 5 faculty still up for tenure were in the humanities, and 2 of the 5 were in my discipline of English, which means humanities has now lost 18 positions, and English has gone from 8 faculty to 3.
I am so sorry. 💙
How dreadful. I'm sorry.
This is awful; I'm so sorry.
Shit, Lauren. This is a total bloodbath.
This is awful.
That move is reputation damaging in the extreme. Decades ago, while I was provost somewhere, the acting president was eager to show his tough he was. He ordered me to deny tenure to ALL faculty who were up. I knew the long-term damage that would cause to the university so I ignored his order.
Looks like a boycott is needed.
Oh lord. I’m so sorry. @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social did you see this?
Lauren, this is shocking, even after all the other events leading up to this. I didn't imagine it could get worse than it already was--clearly my imagination was too limited. I'm so sorry for you, your colleagues, and your students.