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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clifford Ando is essential reading on the issues at the U of C: https://chicagomaroon.com/40932/viewpoints/op-ed/west-virginia-chicago-is-happening-to-you-the-fight-for-the-modern-university/

It's been badly mismanaged for a while now. As an alumnus, I'm incredibly disappointed. It was a special place for me.[/quote]

While I agree that Prof Ando's articles are interesting, there is something odd about the torrential animosity he displays towards his employer. I mean...no one is forcing you to teach there. If U Chicago is the Devil, go get another job?[/quote]

Actually, the article is analytical and informative in the tone of an academic research article[/quote]

I originally posted the link and I agree. It's not animosity, he just cares about the university and its mission and wants to see it well run. That's not even uncommon for people at badly run for profit companies. It's even less odd at an institution that, reasonably I think, commands more loyalty than most companies. [/quote]

Read his other stuff and get back to me. It's almost pathological.[/quote]

Is Professor Ando more known for these articles than he is for his own research?[/quote]
He’s a very well regarded classicist, probably one of the most well known in the field.[/quote]

Unfortunately for him and, frankly, everyone in the field classicists become known for the other things they do in life. Like becoming politicians or even movie actors. Ando surely understands this and maybe that is why he expends so much energy on this mole hill? Just think about it. Aristotle is not remembered because of missives against Democrats. That is footnote sh*t. To me it feels like the professor has given up and,  out of frustration with himself, lashing out.[/quote]

Well, if his ultimate goal is damaging the university, the joke's on him, because the classics department could easily be on the chopping block and the odds of a middle aged prof finding a tenure-track classics position is somewhere between zero and negative one million.[/quote]
I’m sorry but no. Prof Ando would very easily get scooped up by any classics department at another top R1. He has good connections with other departments, is a notable scholar, and has an expansive record publishing and training students. Even the most controversial scholars find careers if they have a good record and buddies in academia. It’s a networking game.[/quote]

Ok Prof Ando, nice to see you on DCUM. Suggest you find another job at a better university, if it's so easy for you to do so.[/quote]
This is such a strange denial. Good faculty don't have issue keeping their jobs, even when they're most threatened. Look at how long it took Penn to get rid of Amy Wax. Often when popular tenure denials happen, faculty get scooped up by other colleges (well-known example: [url]https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/17/campus-unrest-follows-tenure-denial-innovative-popular-faculty-member-color[/url] and now she's here...[url]https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/aimee-bahng[/url]). Colleges take notice of their competition, and will take a scholar like prof. If you're that skeptical, just look through his CV: [url]https://chicago.academia.edu/CliffordAndo/CurriculumVitae[/url] He's clearly a well-esteemed scholar with a great publishing history. You may want to consider that he cares about Uchicago, and that's why he continues on the side of faculty for the institution to do the right thing.[/quote]

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