BCC professor on leave after allegedly urging students to vote for Obama---Did Her Actions Cross The Line?
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http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120918/NEWS01/309180013...
A Brevard Community College math instructor is being investigated by the college for allegedly using class time to urge students to vote for President Barack Obama and for distributing campaign material that says “I pledge to vote for President Obama and Democrats up and down the ticket."
Associate Professor Sharon Sweet, 58, requested and was granted an unpaid leave of absence Monday morning as senior college officials look into the matter. Sweet did not return phone messages or an email seeking comment Monday.
A parent complaint Thursday initiated the investigation, and college officials have since received dozens of emails and phone calls expressing concern, BCC spokesman John Glisch said. The incident sparked outrage online, where it was mentioned by conservative bloggers and posted to various websites.
“The college takes this policy extremely seriously,” Glisch said, referring to a policy that prohibits employees from soliciting support for a political candidate during working hours or on college property.
“We are a nonpartisan, public institution,” he said. “It is very important that all of our faculty and staff act in that manner at work and while they’re on campus.”
Glisch said senior college officials investigating the complaints will interview the roughly 100 students in Sweet’s classes. In addition, college provosts are reiterating the college’s policy to employees.
there's no place in a classroom for overt Propaganda ..
(nor extortion .. )
Why do libs think breaking policies is OK?
(And after reading the whole thing.... it seems the college agrees. She broke the rules, not just common sense.)
http://www.campusreform.org/b... (borrowed from another post).
Section 104.31, of Title IX in chapter 104, states that “no officer or employee of the state… shall… use his or her official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or nomination of officer or influencing another person’s vote or affecting the result thereof.”
=P