At ano ngayon kung ideolohikal si Sarah? Kung totoong liberal ang UP, dapat bigyan siya ng puwang, bilang isang national democrat. Nagkalat sa UP ang mga nagtatrabaho sa militar, sa gobyerno. Bakit hindi taken against them ang ideolohiya nila?

the academe is an ideology in itself. sociology is infinitely ideological, otherwise it wouldn’t survive as a discipline. without ideology, there would be no critical discourse, which reminds us that a critical perspective is always necessarily ideological as well. your critical perspective in this comment defines your ideology, as my response to you does.

the issue here is not so much that sarah’s ideology but the sociology department’s, and yes, randy david’s.

Magkaiba yata kami ng inside information na nakuha. Pakiramdam ko, mas accurate ang kanya: Abstain kaysa No. Pero itanong ko rin ulit.

linawin din natin: noong una’y bumoto si prof. david IN FAVOR of giving sarah tenure. nang mataranta ang natalong minority sa first decision na yon — the only decision that should hold water even at this point — naging ABSTAIN ang boto ni prof. david.

ang paliwanag raw sa botong abstain na ito ni prof. david ay ang bigyan ng chance si sarah na makapagturo pa for one year, without tenure, insinuating na magiging under probation si sarah.

pray tell, why would a professor who has met all requirements for tenure, who has proven her worth and mettle for almost 10 years in the department of sociology, be put under probation?

and yes, what makes this much much worse is the fact that sarah herself is left in the dark about the reasons for both prof. david’s decision to abstain, and the minority’s refusal to give her tenure.

what has been used as a reason for the re-vote and the refusal to tenure sarah has been her activism. is there a piece of paper that says this outright? no. for really, would the socio department of u.p. diliman admit to being anti-left? would any sociology department have the temerity to say we don’t like her because she’s an activist of a different color from us? not at all.

tenure is NOT won. the tenure process is NOT a contest. one is judged based on a set of criteria that are clearly listed in the faculty manual. what this presumes is that the members of the socio department’s tenured faculty agree with the criteria set by the university, and that they will vote yes, as a matter of pride in their own faculty member’s achievements.

this didn’t happen for sarah. and it is the responsibility of the socio department that’s NOW headed by prof. david, to at the very least explain why.

and as current chair, prof. david has the responsibility and the prerogative to look into sarah’s case, see it as unjust, and decide to uphold the first votation that was in favor of tenure. it is even just his prerogative at this point to uphold Chancellor Cao’s and the CSSP Dean’s recommendations for tenure.

the question then isn’t HOW prof. david’s connected to this tenure case. it’s WHY he has yet to do anything about it.

Sorry, na-late sumagot.

Hindi siya ang dating department chair. Nitong huli na lang. Siya ang magpapatupad ng “desisyon” ng departamento.

Oo, sa kanya galing ang mode na 2/3 votes ng lahat ng faculty ng department ang dapat makuha ni Sarah. Walang ganyan dati.

Pwedeng dahil pa rin kay Dr. Aquino — na talagang tumutol sa pag-tenure kay Sarah — pero mas ang nagpapatupad ay si David.

@ Sparks:

Wala ngang kwestyon sa mga bagay na sinasabi mo tungkol kay Sarah. Wala, walang magsasabing tinatanggal siya dahil radikal siya. Naghahanap sila ng dahilan. Pero insiders mismo ang nagsasabing pabagu-bago sila ng dahilan sa talakayan. Pero alam mo sa buong CSSP, halos si Prop. Raymundo lang ang NatDem! Iyan ang tinatawag mong kritikal na akademya! Hindi nila sinasabi ang dahilan — pero lumutang sa blog mo ang isang ispekulasyon (na ni hindi mo sinasagot) na may kinalaman si Sarah sa radikal na aktibidad ng mga estudyante niya, na hindi totoo. Sa blog ko, parang pinapalabas mong ako o ang mga NatDem ang may monopolyo sa katotohanan. Focus muna tayo sa isyu: Asaan ang proseso ng pag-alam sa katotohanan sa isyung ito? Ni hindi alam ni Prop. Raymundo ang dahilan kung bakit siya tinatanggal — after teaching in the department for almost 10 years! Collegiality? Galing ano?