LouC
July 7th, 2009, 5:13 pm
So he is officially down and out in Colorado.
Maybe President Obama can appoint him as plagiarism Czar?
No job, no money for Ward Churchill
A judge has ruled that the University of Colorado doesn't have to give controversial former professor Ward Churchill his job back even though a jury found he was improperly fired.
Churchill, who taught ethnic studies at CU's Boulder campus, lost his teaching position after an investigation found he had plagiarized and falsified scholarly work for years.
"This ruling recognizes that the regents have to make important and difficult decisions. The threat of litigation should not be used to influence those decisions," CU president Bruce Benson said in a release.
Earlier this year, a jury awarded Churchill just $1 after deciding his firing was retaliation for the essay.
That decision left Denver District Judge Larry J. Naves to rule whether Churchill should be reinstated or receive "front pay" — a monetary settlement.
In a 42-page decision issued today, Naves agreed with the university that Churchill's presence on the Boulder campus would suggest that the university tolerated academic misconduct.
Naves also refused to order CU to pay front pay, saying there were no actual damages that the money would remedy. And he said Churchill didn't seek to mitigate his losses by getting another job.
"Professor Churchill's own statements during the trial established that he has not seriously pursued any efforts to gain comparable employment, but has instead has chosen to give lectures and other presentations as a means of supplementing his income.
Denver Post LINK (http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12769291?source=rss)
Maybe President Obama can appoint him as plagiarism Czar?
No job, no money for Ward Churchill
A judge has ruled that the University of Colorado doesn't have to give controversial former professor Ward Churchill his job back even though a jury found he was improperly fired.
Churchill, who taught ethnic studies at CU's Boulder campus, lost his teaching position after an investigation found he had plagiarized and falsified scholarly work for years.
"This ruling recognizes that the regents have to make important and difficult decisions. The threat of litigation should not be used to influence those decisions," CU president Bruce Benson said in a release.
Earlier this year, a jury awarded Churchill just $1 after deciding his firing was retaliation for the essay.
That decision left Denver District Judge Larry J. Naves to rule whether Churchill should be reinstated or receive "front pay" — a monetary settlement.
In a 42-page decision issued today, Naves agreed with the university that Churchill's presence on the Boulder campus would suggest that the university tolerated academic misconduct.
Naves also refused to order CU to pay front pay, saying there were no actual damages that the money would remedy. And he said Churchill didn't seek to mitigate his losses by getting another job.
"Professor Churchill's own statements during the trial established that he has not seriously pursued any efforts to gain comparable employment, but has instead has chosen to give lectures and other presentations as a means of supplementing his income.
Denver Post LINK (http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12769291?source=rss)