Posted by Rick Denney on May 12, 2003 at 19:36:01:
In Reply to: Re: Re: another college instructor back-stabbed posted by Graham Smith on May 12, 2003 at 13:15:28:
You are right that there is a requirement of due process. Even in at-will-employment states, companies have to follow their own rules. I suspect that the university in question, like all good state agencies and nearly all private companies, has a disciplinary procedure that sharply limits those transgressions that result in unquestioned dismissal. The use of drugs on the job seems common in those policies, and committing illegal acts (such as trafficking in controlled substances). But I don't see either one of those here.
The problem for her is that it will follow her if she doesn't fight it.
Rick "who wonders that college administrators forget their commitment to due process that they were ready to defend unto death when they were profs" Denney