EXAMINING ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
QUESTION:
What is the cost of “free” speech at the University of Lethbridge?
ANSWER:
Two months’ salary.
The University of Lethbridge:1
Professor Robinson vs. Administration
September 5, 2007
The onebananashort. org website
A professor’s account of his journey into the bizarre land of administrative processes at an institution of higher learning, where each door leads into a room as strange as any encountered by Alice as she ventured through Wonderland. (to be continued in issue #2).
To go to issue #1, click here.
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September 21, 2007
University orders Robinson to remove website:
The University of Lethbridge’s response to the onebananashort.org website and Robinson’s response to their demands.
October 24, 2007
University engages in disciplinary action
The University of Lethbridge’s disciplinary action against Robinson for the onebananashort.org website.
DOCUMENTS 1
November 1, 2007
University orders web host to remove Robinson’s material
Lawyers for the University of Lethbridge Board of Governors, President, Vice-President, Chair and Vice-Chair have approached the host of the onebananashort.org website, demanding that the web host remove material from the onebananashort.org site.
November 15, 2007
From Dean to President to Vice-President
The Dean has recommended to President that Robinson be disciplined by a two-months suspension without pay. The President hands the case to the Vice-President Academic.
The Dean has recommended to President that Robinson be disciplined by a two-months suspension without pay. The President hands the case to the Vice-President Academic.
December 11, 2007
ALL CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ROBINSON
In a letter of December 11, 2007, the Vice president Academic has informed Robinson that he has decided “to drop all charges pertaining to the disciplinary action” that had been brought against Robinson.
