ABUSE OF POWER: Partisan Politics in the Classroom. “As faculty members at Ohio State last week double-checked their syllabi, glanced at their rosters, and ran through the usual routines for the start of fall courses, some of them found a surprise in their e-mail in boxes. A senior English professor invited his colleagues to open their classrooms in the weeks ahead to organizers in the Obama campaign. They would first encourage students to register to vote and then, if the instructors were willing, encourage students to volunteer for the Obama campaign.”
via pjmedia.com
The Professor's name is Brian McHale. He ought to be ashamed of this gross violation of professional norms.
