Unfortunately, I was one of the members of the English discipline who was denied tenure (and given a terminal contract), despite having full approval of my dept, my dean, the tenure and promotion committee, and the VPAA. English has been a thriving major at the College, and we've been decimated.

Ellen Kirkendall, whose doctoral committee I chaired, was the VAP in German there at St Norbert's. She was already cut down in the first wave of layoffs in September, and she suspects a hostile consulting group stands behind these ridiculous decisions. Solidarity and sympathy all around.

That's terrible news - I don't really know what to say, except to curse loudly.

Dangnabbit!

so horrible. my condolences, Leah

Cruel, callous, unfeeling, and shameful behavior from the President's Office. I'm so sorry to hear this.

I'm so sorry, Leah. This is unbelievable.

I’m so sorry. This is terrible.

I'm so sorry to hear this. It's a loss for the students and for librarian arts education in general, and a callous upheaval of the faculties lives and livelihoods. You seem to have built a good life for yourself there. I'm sure you're both tough and resilient, but for now, that just plain sucks.

How awful, so sorry this happened to you. Hang in there.

This is so horrible. So sorry for you and your colleagues.