October 6, 2009

Reinstated Adjunct at Binghamton U. Says She Was a Casualty of Athletics Ambition

Reinstated Adjunct at Binghamton U. Says She Was a Casualty of Athletics Ambition 1

Michael Okoniewski for The Chronicle

Sally Dear, an adjunct instructor at SUNY's Binghamton U., says her contract was not renewed after she told a newspaper about being pressured to grade basketball players leniently. She has been reinstated pending an investigation of the basketball program.

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Michael Okoniewski for The Chronicle

Sally Dear, an adjunct instructor at SUNY's Binghamton U., says her contract was not renewed after she told a newspaper about being pressured to grade basketball players leniently. She has been reinstated pending an investigation of the basketball program.

By Robin Wilson

An adjunct instructor at Binghamton University who was told her contract would not be renewed because of budget problems says she was actually a casualty of the university's quest to build a nationally acclaimed basketball team.

Late last month, the university told Sally Dear, the instructor, that she would not be reappointed at the end of the semester. Ms. Dear had complained to The New York Times that she had been pressured to give basketball players better

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