{"id":89706,"date":"2019-08-09T14:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=89706"},"modified":"2019-08-09T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:08:34","slug":"89706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=89706","title":{"rendered":"Naval Academy appealing reinstatement of fired professor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bruce Fleming<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIn a Aug. 1, 2019, photo, Bruce Fleming, a tenured civilian English professor who has been a longtime critic of the Naval Academy, stands on the deck of his home after an interview in Davidsonville, Maryland. (Brian Witte\/AP)<\/p>\n

Poetrooper sends us a link to some legal dancing currently under-weigh at Canoe U. Seems tenured professor Bruce Fleming was fired for getting too comfy with the students, so of course he sued to be reinstated. This has forced the Navy to bring him back until the counter-suit is settled. The way this reads the Navy was looking for a reason to let him go, and found one. From the article:<\/p>\n

By: Brian Witte, The Associated Press <\/strong><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2014 The U.S. Naval Academy is appealing a judge\u2019s decision to reinstate a fired English professor who has been a longtime critic of the academy, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Bruce Fleming, a civilian who is a tenured professor, was fired last year after the academy alleged \u201cconduct unbecoming a federal employee\u201d in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Andrew Phillips, the academy\u2019s academic dean and provost, wrote to Fleming on Wednesday that he had been reinstated with all pay and benefits he is entitled. Phillips wrote for Fleming to report to the academy on Monday to receive assignments \u201csuch as scholarly research and writing and service to the school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips wrote his duties will not include teaching or advising students, because the Navy has determined \u201cyour presence in the classroom and engaging with midshipmen in any advisory role would be an undue disruption to the academic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Accusations against him included allowing students to tell jokes of a sexual nature in class, discussing sexual matters in class, emailing a partially clothed photo of himself to his students and touching students on the neck, shoulders and back in class without their consent. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seems pretty cut and dried; he’s back while the Navy’s appeal goes forward. And no interaction with the students. But these incidents are rarely simple, and generally fall into the “What he said, what she said, and what actually happened” category. Read the rest of the article here: Marine Corps Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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