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August 8, 2008
Nevada Regents Uphold a Tenured Professor's Firing
The Nevada Board of Regents has upheld the dismissal of a researcher at the University of Nevada at Reno who says he was fired for complaining to federal officials about animal abuse at the institution, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.
Hussein S. Hussein, an associate professor in the department of animal biotechnology, told the paper that the regents’ unanimous decision, made at a hearing that he didn’t attend, was “an absolute outrage.”
Mr. Hussein was dismissed from the institution followed a disciplinary hearing earlier this year to examine allegations that he had plagiarized the work of his graduate students and withheld some donated research money that should have gone to the university to cover indirect costs. The hearing officer found no proof that Mr. Hussein had plagiarized students’ work, and also determined that, although Mr. Hussein had indeed kept money from the university, he didn’t deserve to be fired.
Mr. Hussein has a lawsuit pending against the Board of Regents. That, he says, creates a conflict of interest that should have prevented the board from hearing the appeal of his dismissal. —Audrey Williams June
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Let’s see – keeping money that doesn’t belong to you. Isn’t that called “stealing”?
— Carl Aug 8, 04:04 PM #
No, it’s not stealing. All he did was use money for one university purpose, rather than let his university siphon it off for another.
This looks like a pretty thin case for tenure revocation.
— Gerard Harbison, UNL Aug 8, 04:12 PM #
I hope the AAUP is looking into this one so we can find out the truth. Did the school cover his costs? Was he justified in withholding the funds? Seems like a lot of questions here? In my experience boards only do what they are told by the President or CEO of the school. They do not think.
Michael
— Dr. Michael Clark Aug 8, 05:54 PM #
I wonder what he hoped to gain from filing the law suit?
— Bill Aug 8, 10:00 PM #
He is in the hand of Mafia, no wonder Nevada in # 49 in higher education. Glick has dementia and sleep for more than 16 hours a day, Janet Vreeland is an old hen with a rooster attitude: she is a witch! The board of regent are ignorant and have a single digit IQ. The poor professor was doing the right thing: anybody can be accused f plagiarism. It is the common excuse used to fire and intimidate faculty in many schools. This what Dick Chaney did to intimidate he fellow citizens.
— Bryant Leer Aug 8, 11:24 PM #
Mr. Hussein had kept money from the university and deserves to be fired. He should reimburse the university.
— kvc Aug 9, 12:48 AM #
A tutor is treated like god, but now a days they intend to do mischievous activities.
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— maniot Aug 9, 05:32 AM #
Did he keep the money for his own use or indeed, as as writer #2 suggested, shift it from one univ. account to another? The article isn’t clear, and the answer to that question makes all the difference in the world here.
— Garyz Aug 9, 09:44 AM #
As the Executive Dean (retired) from a state college I can tell you that more and more brain dead administrators are politically connected. I have personally witnessed the deliberate isolation and character assasination of faculty members for political reasons only. The professor deserves an impartial hearing from a board which is not on intellectual life support.
— MajorT (Dr. Turner) Aug 9, 10:10 AM #
I agree with Mr. Leer: Glick is completely out of it and Janet Vreeland is running the show behind the scenes: She is a real witch. Hussein needs to be supported by other faculty and students at UNR. UNR is run by thugs starting with the regent and the president; these clowns need to be fired before it is too late. My son will be going to UC Davis and not not UNR.
— Dick Charter Aug 10, 12:47 AM #