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The Tufts Community Revolts over the Ben Hescott Tenure Decision

By Noah | May 30, 2017

Ashley Hedberg has done us all a terrific service by compiling and sending to the Tufts administration reactions from former students to the decision by Tufts not to grant tenure to Ben Hescott. Ben is one of the finest teachers I’ve met. Tufts made a terrible mistake by not recognizing his extraordinary contributions and by not offering to him a stable long-term position that would appropriately reflect what he has achieved and what he continued to contribute to Tufts teaching and research every day.

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