tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62019976652755301892024-03-12T15:45:51.369-07:00GSA demands that UCSD rehire two ousted TAsLumumba Zapata Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721796837326629670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201997665275530189.post-50972921365087429522007-05-18T20:41:00.001-07:002007-05-18T20:44:35.277-07:00GSA demands that UCSD rehire two ousted TAsResolution to Oppose Dismissal of DOC TAs<br />Unanimously passed by UCSD's Graduate Student Association on May 15, 2007<br /><br />Whereas the UCSD Graduate Student Association supports academic freedom<br /><br />Whereas the UCSD Graduate Student Association supports robust debate regarding the education undergraduate students receive<br /><br />Whereas the UCSD Graduate Student Association supports the rights of free speech for all university employees<br /><br />Whereas two UCSD TAs with excellent teaching evaluations were dismissed for political reasons that had nothing to do with their teaching performance1<br /><br />Whereas this is a cause for concern regarding the academic environment for all graduate student employees<br /><br />Whereas this may set a dangerous precedent for the rights and role of graduate student employees in the larger UCSD community,<br /><br />Be it resolved that the UCSD Graduate Student Association supports an investigation of hiring practices at Thurgood Marshall’s Dimensions of Culture program<br />Be it further resolved that the UCSD Graduate Student Association supports the immediate rehire of these two TAs<br /><br />Be it finally resolved that the UCSD Graduate Student Association supports the academic freedom of graduate student employees.<br /><br />1 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/03/ucsdLumumba Zapata Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721796837326629670noreply@blogger.com0