Yahoo! Singapore has learnt that a meeting was called among faculty of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) communications school on Monday, where it was decided that a collective formal letter of concern would be written to the school chair, Associate Professor Benjamin Detenber, over George’s implicit dismissal.
A faculty member who attended the meeting told Yahoo! Singapore that “concern has been expressed not only over (George’s) denial of tenure, but also over what this spells for academics at the school seeking it”.
“We’re concerned now because if even he (George) can’t get tenured, what does it take?” said the lecturer, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He added, however, that not all faculty at the meeting agreed to sign the letter, with some expressing their own reservations over expressly being involved. Full story
