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What to Do When You Are Stuck at Toxic U: Strategies for Avoidance, Salvage, and Survival
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Femspec
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January 1, 2007
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- Holland-Toll, Linda
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Quite briefly, I am that "ubiquitous iniquity," to steal a phrase from Shelby Foote. I am a "bad fit": 90%+ excellent teaching evaluations, the only book published by a current faculty member, department and campus service up the wazoo, glowing peer evaluations, verbal assurances of "no problems with tenure" from the Dean of Academic Affairs, cookies to every department meeting, etc., etc., etc. But "a bad fit." At least, so I assume. You see, no one at The College, an all-purpose label for the small, religious, liberal arts college at which until recently I was tenure-track, will discuss any reasons why I am in my last year.
Considering all the evidence of my outstanding performance, I was ...