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AAUP Will Investigate Firing at LSU

Posted on April 6, 2010 by | Comments Off on AAUP Will Investigate Firing at LSU

Inside Higher Ed: AAUP Will Investigate Firing at LSU

The American Association of University Professors on Monday announced that it is beginning a formal investigation into the case of Ivor van Heerden, who was a leading whistle blower in the analysis of what went wrong after Katrina hit New Orleans, and who is suing Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, charging that he was fired from his position at the university’s hurricane research center because of anger over his criticisms of the Army Corps of Engineers. The university, while declining to discuss details about the case, has denied that he lost his job for that reason.

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U of Idaho settles with whistle-blowers

Posted on November 2, 2009 by | Comments Off on U of Idaho settles with whistle-blowers

Spokesman.com: UI settles with ex-workers

Husband, wife claimed they were punished for reporting on researcher

The University of Idaho has settled a lawsuit with two former employees who claimed they were punished for reporting concerns that a high-profile researcher was using university resources to benefit private companies.

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Jury awards whistle-blower student $450,000

Posted on August 28, 2009 by | Comments Off on Jury awards whistle-blower student $450,000

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jury awards whistle-blower student $450,000

When she was thrown out of nursing school just 13 weeks before graduating, Sara Castle was humiliated.

Still, she knew she and her classmates weren’t getting the clinical training they needed because an instructor repeatedly dismissed students early — a practice Castle exposed, and the teacher was fired.

But Castle, too, was a casualty as Appalachian Technical College expelled her for, she asserts, blowing the whistle.

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Punishing a Whistle Blower?

Posted on August 25, 2009 by | Comments Off on Punishing a Whistle Blower?

Inside Higher Ed: Punishing a Whistle Blower?

A year ago, Gerald J. Davey, an adjunct at San Antonio College, was the whistle blower on a practice that angered fellow adjuncts nationwide.

The college, like many, has rules that provide benefits and higher base pay to those who teach 12 credits or more. But as a condition of receiving some courses that put them at the 12-credit threshold, some adjuncts were being required to agree in writing to pretend that they were only teaching 11 credits. So adjuncts who needed the base pay had to lie, and lose out on benefits, to get the courses they needed.

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