C&EN: Reactions: Kudos on air bag article, what Maitland Jones Jr.’s firing reveals about organic chemistry, and why we need guidelines around AI
Maitland Jones Jr., whom I’ve known since I was a graduate student at Princeton University in the 1960s, has devoted his academic life to research and to the teaching of organic chemistry at both ...
Reactions: Kudos on air bag article, what Maitland Jones Jr.’s firing reveals about organic chemistry, and why we need guidelines around AI
The Academic Freedom Alliance released a statement regarding the decision of New York University not to renew the contract of organic chemistry professor Maitland Jones. Professor Jones retired from ...
New York University fired Maitland Jones Jr. because his organic chemistry course was “too hard.” The man wrote the textbook on the subject, now in its fifth edition, and had been a star teacher at ...
The firing of New York University (NYU) chemistry professor Maitland Jones Jr. after students complained about one of his organic chemistry classes has prompted concern and dismay among others in the ...
The debate over the firing of NYU organic chemistry Prof. Maitland Jones Jr. misses the point: It’s neither that his tests were too hard nor that his Gen Z students were too entitled. It’s that ...
Let’s start with the easy part first: if New York University fired Maitland Jones Jr. for maintaining high standards in his organic chemistry class, every professor in America should be outraged. And ...
Maitland Jones Jr. was a professor of chemistry at Princeton University. In 2007, he semi-retired and began teaching organic chemistry at New York University on an adjunct basis. Not anymore: NYU has ...