Graduation Stories

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(05-23-2019, 09:58 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: 1. I am very much involved in the business side of academia, which is why I understand that some things are business decisions, and some things should not be.


2. I don't think anyone said that.


3. And this is why academia is failing. It's the same premise as lobbyists ruling the roost in our government. This inhibits the free exchange of ideas in academia which results in its decline. Institutions should be seeking out donors that value higher education, and if a donor would withhold funds for something like this then they do not value what it is all about.

1. And IMO choosing to be insolent against your university in something as public-facing as a Graduation Ceremony hurts business and those that walked out have no business (pun intended) making that decision.

2. I thought you did in an earlier post (#49)

3. Absolutely nothing wrong with a free exchange of ideas in academia; but there is a thing known as decorum. I think some in this thread are ignoring (funny that I'm the only one been accused of ignoring anything) the actual event in an attempt to push their ideology. 

 My only assertion and the one that has been called into question is that the faculty members that defied the university in such a public forum should be disciplined. I've never stated what that discipline should be, but it should be reprimand at a minimum.