Harold Donnelly

Not a political case. The Purdue Math head reduced this tenured professor's pay by 100% by fiat with claims his teaching was poor. 80% of the department's full professors voted No Confidence in her.

• "‘A festering wound’: After lowering professor’s pay to $0, math dept. head loses confidence vote," MARCO LUNA ( Apr 2, 2023)

• Princeton narrative of events at Purdue.

• American Math Society letter and Purdue reply.

• Story in Inside Higher Education (April (2023).

• Marginal Revolution blog post by Tyler Cowen (April 2023). Note how reflexively pro-Administration the comments are. Tenure really is needed, or the public will call for professors to be fired for low student ratings.