In Defense of Lars Jensen, Part 1

BY JOHN K. WILSON On October 22, I testified as an expert witness on academic freedom at a hearing to dismiss Lars Jensen, a tenured math professor at Truckee Meadow Community College (TMCC) in Nevada. Because I wasn’t able to make my full argument about Jensen’s case (the attorney for the administration opposed my testimony,…

In Defense of Lars Jensen, Part 2

BY JOHN K. WILSON In Part 1 of my defense of Lars Jensen, a tenured math professor at Truckee Meadow Community College (TMCC) in Nevada, I examined why TMCC can’t fire Jensen for his pedagogical choices, or some trivial complaints about his paperwork.  But now I want to focus on the core reason why TMCC…