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all, Nancy Sherman from the philosophy department asked that I circulate the below. It concerns the firing of a tenured member of the philosophy department at Mount Saint Mary's University, who is also a GU alum (Phd). The firing was triggered by his opposition to a plan by university administrators to "cull" students from the entering class, in order to improve retention rates. The firing of the phil professor was justified by his breach of his "duty of loyalty." The narrative is provided below. I will also circulate the petition referenced by Bill Blattner (chair of philosophy) below. Thanks, Robin West From: William Blattner <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Thane Naberhaus fired from Mount Saint Mary's University for speaking out Date: February 9, 2016 at 10:31:16 AM EST To: Philosophy Faculty List-serve <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, Philosophy Graduate Students List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: John Brough <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, Cynthia Chance <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Dear Friends, Not all of you may be aware that Thane Naberhaus, a tenured member of the Philosophy faculty at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD, and an alumnus of our PhD program (he wrote his doctoral thesis on Brentano and Husserl under John Brough) was fired yesterday for his role in protesting the policies of the university’s new president. The supposed grounds for the firing were that he violated his “duty of loyalty” to MSM. This is beyond reprehensible and will surely result in much litigation. John Schwenkler, a former member of the MSM faculty and currently at Florida State U, is organizing a public petition drive. I will send around the link, once it’s posted, for folks to sign on if they wish. Grimly, Bill William Blattner Professor and Chair Dept. of Philosophy Georgetown University www.georgetown.edu/faculty/blattnew/<http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/blattnew/> http://dailynous.com/2016/02/09/bunny-drowning-president-sets-sights-on-philosophers/ “Bunny-Drowning” President Sets Sights on Philosophers Philosophers are under attack at Mount St. Mary’s University<http://msmary.edu/> in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The reason appears to be that they questioned the university president’s surreptitious attempt to improve his school’s retention rate by culling students ahead of the federal reporting deadline. Thane Naberhaus<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5hjDRnU2shEJ:msmary.edu/academics/faculty-directory/thane-naberhaus+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>, until yesterday a tenured associate professor of philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University<http://msmary.edu/College_of_liberal_arts/department-of-philosophy/>, was among those fired or demoted for an alleged lack of “loyalty” to the university. The Frederick News-Post reports<http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/education/schools/higher_ed/mount_saint_marys/mount-st-mary-s-fires-two-employees-third-demoted/article_eac0ddea-d53d-5405-9b09-f715659e84d3.html> that Naberhaus and Ed Egan<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ujbyCAveZAsJ:msmary.edu/academics/faculty-directory/ed-eagan+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> (communications professor and faculty advisor to the student paper) were fired Monday as part of university president Simon Newman<http://msmary.edu/presidents_office/>‘s response to the public-relations disaster<http://chronicle.com.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/article/How-a-Freshman-Retention-Plan/235122> following a student newspaper article<http://msmecho.com/2016/01/19/mount-presidents-attempt-to-improve-retention-rate-included-seeking-dismissal-of-20-25-first-year-students/> about his plan to increase student retention rates. The president also removedJoshua Hochschild<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8UR49_X-FTEJ:msmary.edu/academics/faculty-directory/joshua-hochschild+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> from his position as dean of the university’s College of Liberal Arts and David Rehm<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:RJUwBdvU3eUJ:msmary.edu/presidents_office/university-cabinet/David_Rehm.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> from his position as provost. Hochschild and Rehm are also philosophy professors. Newman’s plan was to administer a survey pitched to first-year students as a “valuable tool that will help you discover more about yourself” and then use the results of the survey to cull 20-25 students from the freshman class prior to the deadline for submitting enrollment information to the federal government. Inside Higher Ed has some coverage of the story here<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/08/provost-who-opposed-mount-st-marys-presidents-plan-cull-students-loses-his-job>. The student newspaper, The Mountain Echo<http://msmecho.com/2016/01/19/mount-presidents-attempt-to-improve-retention-rate-included-seeking-dismissal-of-20-25-first-year-students/>, had obtained emails among administrators prior to the survey. From their report: [Then-provost] Rehm wrote that he was “deeply concerned… on several fronts” about how the survey might be used… Newman’s email continued: “My short term goal is to have 20-25 people leave by the 25th [of Sep.]. This one thing will boost our retention 4-5%. A larger committee or group needs to work on the details but I think you get the objective.”… Rehm shared Newman’s email with a larger group comprised of Murry, Associate Provost Leona Sevick, then-Dean Josh Hochschild and Fr. Jim Donohue. In an email sent at 11:03 p.m. on Aug. 21, Hochschild responded: “As I read this, in response to David’s concerns about how and whether survey results are communicated to students, Simon clarified a goal: to dismiss some students.” “This new bit of information is deeply disturbing,” Hochschild wrote. “I already thought this survey was ill-conceived on many levels. If one of the intended uses is to identify students to dismiss, I think it is unethical. How can we in good conscience administer this?” Hochschild’s email continued: “The survey’s introductory paragraphs almost persuaded me – this could be helpful to students, as part of a project of self-discovery…. But now, it seems that some responses to this survey could lead to drastic decisions. ‘There are no wrong answers’?!?!” “If this is not an anonymous survey, nor even a confidential personality test, but a highly intrusive, and misleadingly framed administrative tool, can we proceed without disclosing to our students’ what’s at stake?”… Newman continued to pursue the dismissal of 20-25 first-year students in the face of strong opposition from a small group of faculty and administrators, who were aware of his plan… Newman said, “This is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly bunnies, but you can’t. You just have to drown the bunnies…put a Glock to their heads.” According to The Frederick News-Post, Naberhaus received a termination letter from Newman on Monday saying that he had violated his “duty of loyalty to [the] University” in unspecified “recent actions” that “clearly justify your termination of employment.” Naberhaus, who had tenure, said he was unsure why he was fired and is considering a lawsuit against the university… The letter states Naberhaus has been “designated persona non grata” and is not allowed to visit the campus or attend any university activities or sporting events on Mount property. Doing so “will result in legal proceedings” not specified in the letter. The supposed “duty of loyalty” that Mount St. Mary’s faculty owe the university was not explained in any of the reports, nor is it clear it appears in any faculty contracts, the university’s faculty handbook, or other employment documents. I’ll update this post with further information as it becomes available. UPDATE: Coverage of the story in The Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/08/controversy-deepens-after-professors-who-opposed-university-president-get-fired/?hpid=hp_local-news_mountstmarys-1215am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory> (via John Schwenkler), The Chronicle of Higher Education<http://chronicle.com/article/Turmoil-Continues-at-a/235239>, and Inside Higher Ed<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/09/mount-st-marys-president-fires-two-faculty-members-one-tenure>. IHE’s account contains this particular nugget: Amid all the tensions, 12 faculty members at Mount St. Mary’s last week created a campus chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Monday’s dismissals brought the chapter’s membership down to 10. <http://i2.wp.com/dailynous.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mount-st-marys-philosophers-1.jpg>