Dr. Maitland Jones Jr. was let go after 82 of his 350 students filed a scathing petition against him. Dr. Jones, 84, taught organic chemistry at New York University for decades and wrote a course-changing textbook. Some of his supporters say the university’s decision to terminate him is more a business decision than anything else than a student petition. The petition has been met with swift and harsh backlash by supporters of the professor, who is said to be ‘old-fashioned’ and says he hasn’t changed his style or methods in a ‘good many years’ The university said in an email detailing his firing, they were extending a ‘gentle but firm hand to the students and those who pay the tuition bills’ Dr. . . .
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