Inside Higher Ed: Another committee at the University of Colorado at Boulder has found that Ward Churchill committed “serious, repeated and research misconduct.” The latest panel to make this finding is the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct. A special committee examined a range of allegations against Churchill and its findings were released last month. While Colorado administrators will ultimately decide whether Churchill should be fired from his tenured position, the faculty committees’ work has been seen as crucial. On the committee whose findings were released Tuesday, six members recommended dismissal, two voted for suspension without pay for five years and one voted for suspension without pay for two years. Churchill has said repeatedly that he did not commit misconduct and that the university is trying to punish him for his controversial views”
The Chronicle News Blog: Another Panel at U. of Colorado Calls for Ward Churchill to Be Sacked
The slow wheels of an academic investigation continue to grind toward firing Ward Churchill from the University of Colorado at Boulder. This afternoon, the university’s Standing Committee on Research Misconduct issued its report. The report agreed with a previous investigative committee’s report that Mr. Churchill, who gained infamy in 2005 for comparing some victims of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks to “little Eichmanns,” had committed serious research misconduct and should be disciplined (The Chronicle, May 17).
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