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Dear friends of the NSSR Economics Department We are writing to bring to your attention certain developments that we, the Economics Students Union, believe have profound and deleterious implications for the future of the institution. In the last week, almost two dozen tenured faculty and staff positions have been eliminated as part of the University's ongoing restructuring process. Among those to be terminated is Professor Sanjay Reddy, Professor of Economics and one of the most prominent representatives of the New School's tradition of critical social inquiry. Other tenured faculty members and long-serving staff across the University have likewise been fired. The central issue is not any one individual appointment, but what these decisions signify for academic freedom, tenure, faculty governance, and the future of critical scholarship at the New School. We are appalled by what appears to be a significant departure from long standing norms governing tenure in American higher education. The firing of tenured faculty members outside the context of clear program closures or a formally declared financial exigency raises fundamental questions about the meaning of tenure itself. Professor Reddy was among the most prominent faculty voices challenging the administration's account of the University's finances and questioning the priorities that contributed to its present crisis. Whether one agreed with his conclusions or not, criticism of institutional leadership lies at the heart of the university's mission. Academic freedom is inextricably linked to the possibility of secure livelihoods, and if tenured faculty can be fired in this manner, the consequences extend far beyond the careers of individual scholars. Universities can recover from financial difficulties; it is far more difficult to rebuild academic communities, traditions of inquiry, and relationships of trust once they have been dismantled. It is particularly important to note the decision to fire several …
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