by P.D. Lesko

IN THE MARCH 28, 2003 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, I read a piece about a part-time faculty member at Citrus College who had been put on administrative leave after, “students said that she had offered them extra credit for writing and sending letters to President Bush that opposed going to war with Iraq.” In addition, students alleged that the instructor also offered extra credit to those who wrote letters to a state senator “about how important adjunct faculty members are to our education.”

According to the piece in The Chronicle, students alleged that the instructor devoted the first 10 minutes of class to her political agenda. The instructor, in a letter released through her attorney, claims that the alleged student complaints are “untrue.” In addition, she noted that she had been put on administrative leave without “a fair investigation,” and without “the protections of due process.”

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