Gonzalez’s Tenure Appeal Rejected by Iowa State University President Geoffroy

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June 2, 2007

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There used to be a link where you could watch The Privileged Planet online. Does anyone know where that link is?russ_{June 3, 2007
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One of the criteria stated by President Geoffroy for denying Gonzalez tenure is --- ability to attract outside grants. Two questions ( which I hope you can help answer ) : 1) Did ISU tenure guideline mention outside grants as a consideration in tenure decisions ? 2) If so, how much outside grant ( size of grant ) should one attract in Astronomy in order to be considered acceptable for tenure ? I thought Gonzalez had attracted grants from the Discovery Institute and the Templeton Foundation ... Does anyone know the size of Gonzalez's grants compared to his tenured peers at ISU in the Department of Astronomy ?SeekAndFind_{June 3, 2007
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And the irony is that academia theoretically prides itself in tolerance and diversity Ã¢â‚¬â€ tolerance and diversity as long as everyone thinks the same, and no sacred cows are challenged.
I don't know that this figured in to the tenure denial, but it can't have helped that GG is the "wrong kind" of Hispanic (Cuban) and Hector Avalos is the "right kind" (Mexican). The secular left has no use for the former, while celebrating the latter.russ_{June 3, 2007
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No where else in American society is such blatant descrimination tolerated.
And the irony is that academia theoretically prides itself in tolerance and diversity -- tolerance and diversity as long as everyone thinks the same, and no sacred cows are challenged.GilDodgen_{June 3, 2007
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This development is truly a crying shame. Though the recent evidence is clearly indicating that the earth appears to be extremely unique in this universe, Gonzalez is apparently being descriminated against because of his personal beliefs that this condition is the result of intelligent design. No where else in American society is such blatant descrimination tolerated. I can only hope that greater good will somehow manage to rise out of the ashes.bornagain77_{June 3, 2007
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Do the math: Twenty years, times 52 weeks at 5 working days per week, minus vacation, holidays, sick days, etc., divided by 1,000 faculty promotion and tenure cases. Let's give Geoffroy 220 working days per year. That comes to 4,400 working days over 20 years. Granted he might say he was working weekends etc. but administrators at publically funded educational institutions never struck me as being the hardest working or the most couragous bunch. It sounds like a whole lot of rubber stamping.tribune7_{June 3, 2007
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ISU Pres. Geoffroy said,
And while I have not worked in Dr. Gonzalez's field of astronomy, I have a significant understanding of the field and far greater experience than most university presidents. At Penn State, I worked closely with the astronomy faculty in advancing the department, and I reviewed many promotion and tenure dossiers in astronomy. I have also had more than a decade of service on national astronomy boards and committees, where I advised and led groups building telescopes, oversaw personnel appointments in astronomy and astrophysics, and frequently attended research presentations on the current and future directions of astronomy and astrophysics.
I think he is talking through his hat. He is a professor of chemistry. Why would he be so heavily involved in other fields, astronomy and astrophysics? How was he qualified to be so heavily involved in those other fields? Also, the hastiness of his denial of Gonzalez's appeal -- he had until June 6 to make a decision but made it on June 1 -- suggests that he knew some unpublicized information that is strongly in Gonzalez's favor and he wanted to deny tenure before that information became public so he could claim that he was not aware of it and so that it played no part in his decision. For details, see -- http://im-from-missouri.blogspot.com/2007/06/hastiness-of-denial-of-gonzalez-tenure.htmlLarry Fafarman_{June 3, 2007
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Darwinists are crucifying their own cause. The "unwashed masses" as they snobbishly call them, are smarter than they think. Sooner or later this despicable behavior WILL turn against them. This, plus the sham/hoax of human generated global warming, once the info finally hits public consciousness, will bring the public to turn away from trust in any scientists at all. Scientists will then garner the same trust given to politicians and lawyers -- zilch. Recent poll statistics reveal that politicians have sunk below used car salesmen in public trust. Darwinists are leading science in the same direction. So go figure - who is really fighting science here?Borne_{June 2, 2007
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Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy:
I know extremely well how to assess the qualifications of a candidate seeking tenure. Over the past two decades -- as dean of Penn State's College of Science, provost at the University of Maryland and as president of Iowa State -- I have reviewed and passed judgment on close to 1,000 faculty promotion and tenure cases.
Do the math: Twenty years, times 52 weeks at 5 working days per week, minus vacation, holidays, sick days, etc., divided by 1,000 faculty promotion and tenure cases. This means that Geoffroy must have spent his entire working career evaluating faculty promotion and tenure cases, unless he rubber-stamped almost all of them with only cursory consideration. This guy is not fooling anyone. Guillermo outclasses others in his department by almost any measure. Geoffroy denied Guillermo's tenure because Geoffroy is a coward, and has no respect for academic freedom or himself. Geoffroy knew that if he overturned the tenure denial he would be hounded out of his presidency and his career in academia would be destroyed. He ought to be honest enough to admit this. Some think that materialism/atheism represents a religion, but in academia I think this represents something more akin to a cult. No dissent in a cult is permitted, not even the most reasoned dissent, and those who refuse to bow to the cult's idol are disposed of. Many in academia are mystified by the distrust that those of us in the real world have for them. If they want an explanation for this phenomenon, they need only look in the mirror, at least those like Geoffroy and Avalos.GilDodgen_{June 2, 2007
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Is there any possibility of redress? In the case of Richared Steinberg, he filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) that he was subjected to discrimination on the basis of perceived religious beliefs, and this later led to Congressional investigation and condemnation. Is that all the US Government can do? "Crucify him!" They said of Gonzales. And the modern-day Pilate at ISU crucified him. http://www.elearningstreams.com/origins/Gonzalez.htmlMatthewTan_{June 2, 2007
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Hopefully this will be the catalyst to expose Atheist/Secular humanist for who they are... Or the Rapture - Not a good sign for any person who denies Darwin and wants to go to academiajpark320_{June 2, 2007
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