The Unusual Way a Grad Student Received a Letter From a Supervisor

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I got the notice from the chair of the department that they were not going to go forward with my hire the same day that I got this letter emailed to me. It was done in sort of an unusual way. So normally they would send this to a department wide vote. But there is a smaller committee of three people who generally their job is just as I understand it right up some notes and send it to the larger department for a vote. And so this committee can officially give the thumbs down so that they don't have to waste everybody's time for aVote. In this case, I know that many people in the department wanted a vote, but the committee, the small committee, as

A VBW exclusive report! For years David and Tamler have been a little dismissive of fears about cancel culture in academia but now the SJWs have come for one of our own! We welcome back Yoel Inbar to talk about his experience applying for a position at UCLA psychology only to have his candidacy pulled at the last minute because of remarks he made on his podcast (!) about diversity statements. What does this mean for freedom of expression in academia? Should we advise our students and younger faculty to watch what they say when it comes to politically charged topics? Are they really going to start combing through podcast episodes now – is nothing sacred?

Plus another case of fraud in psychology comes to light courtesy of the Data Colada guys.

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