Robert L. Campbell has provided a valuable service through his detailed and thoughtful updates on the USM situation. According to his latest report, this is turning into a victory for academic freedom and a humiliation for President Thames. It is unfortunate that more academics have not recognized the dangers presented by this case.

David T. Beito - 5/2/2004

I should have read more closely. This is not good. The proposed agreeemtn concedes far too much to Thames.

Robert L. Campbell - 5/1/2004

David,

I agree with Gus on this one. Shelby Thames has been told he can't just haul tenured professors into his office and fire them on the spot, and he's pissed off the local press, but the College Board is trying to save him and his henchpeople, and none of the other problems at USM has been solved. The mood in Hattiesburg seems rather grim just now.

I'll be posting an update probably tomorrow, as the effects of the settlement with Glamser and Stringer become a little easier to discern.

Robert

Gus diZerega - 5/1/2004

David - re-read the article - it says the opposite of what you wrote.