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September 29, 2009, 09:45 PM ET

Adjunct Who Alleged Favoritism for Athletes at Binghamton U. Loses Job

An adjunct lecturer at Binghamton University who accused the athletics department of pressuring her to change her grading policy for men's basketball players learned on Tuesday that she would not be rehired after this semester, The New York Times reported. The lecturer, Sally Dear, who taught human development, said she was "being fired for being ethical." A spokeswoman for the university said Ms. Dear's accusations were inaccurate.

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1. cmmoore1 - September 30, 2009 at 08:25 am

Student-athletes are just that - - students and athletes. They are getting an education, basically for free, at whatever institution they are playing for - Binghampton or elsewhere. They chose to play sports in college. They could have done other things with their lives but they chose to play their sport in college. Now they have a responsibility to uphold their part of the bargain. They have to go to class and they have to do the work themselves.

HHHMMMM....who would have thought that they would have to actaully do school work?? What a novel idea for an athlete to get a low grade in a course and then have the athletic department try to get it changed just so they can play. Who woulda thunk it???

Hey Sally - Come work at our school please!!!!

2. ecorrado - September 30, 2009 at 08:52 am

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3. madamesmartypants - September 30, 2009 at 10:58 am

My sympathies to Sally Dear. I bet she has a pretty good case against Binghampton....

4. greenhills73 - September 30, 2009 at 11:36 am

Of COURSE the University is going to say the accusations were inaccurate, but would anybody believe them? Now they have to attempt damage-control.

5. kesbadger - October 01, 2009 at 11:26 am

The fact that at least 5 of those players were recently kicked off the team for conduct- one was selling cocaine- could make anyone skeptical about their ability to successfully pass their courses. Additionally, the A.D. resigned based on his role supporting the basketball team. Apparently athletes (who don't even produce wins on the court) are prioritized over educators committed to academic integrity. No wonder our country is facing a brain drain.
Also, it surprises me that the Chronicle did not include this in their report. One sided reporting never seems to best serve readers.

6. laoshi - October 02, 2009 at 10:48 am

As the previous poster suggested, the Chronicle has left too much out of this report.

All we know is that our Dear accused the athletics department of something. We don't know if she had evidence or was just blowing smoke. If she was blowing smoke, then she dug her own grave.

We also don't know if the decision not to hire her next semester was related to this incident. According to the New York Times, the university "cited the 'uncertain fiscal environment' and 'strategic reprioritization of resources across the university.' Those are compelling reasons for layoffs.

Three-sentence tickers are useless. How can we form an opinion on this particular case?

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