The Unteachables

Mike Adams Feb 06, 2020

Last week, I received a phone call from a professor who teaches in another department here at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington (UNCW), where I have taught for the past 27 years. He was reporting a case of possible discrimination, which resulted in a professor being denied tenure thus losing his livelihood very soon. When I received the call, I immediately began asking questions to assess the validity of his concern. After just a few questions, I came across some information that will shock the conscience of any clear thinking, rational individual............

In the case that was reported to me, the applicant had received all three initial approvals. But, then, the RTP committee chair rejected the application. When I learned this, I asked about who is currently on the RTP committee. That is when I learned that its chair is Dr. Kimberly Cook....................

Thus, the one person who presides over every single UNCW faculty promotion decision is literally the only one who has ever been held personally liable for promotion discrimination. Many are now asking the obvious question: How is that even possible?.............

It should not surprise anyone that Cook is self-absorbed enough to want to chair the committee that oversees all faculty promotions after having been found personally liable for promotion discrimination by a jury composed of four blacks, seven women, and only one white male.......To Read More.....