Stanford’s President and Provost Must Resign
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Stanford’s President and Provost Must Resign
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#2Unfortunate suicide rates are up. Blame the school president? I guess some scapegoat must be found.
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#3>In another case, a student used the word “suicide” over 100 times in an essay. That student later died and the death was classified “an accident” by President Tessier-Lavigne’s administration.
That's really up to the police to decide, isn't it? There's a lot of important info being omitted about this example.
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#4Obviously there are two sides to the story, but we’ve seen horrible and deep corruption in large, respected academic institutions before, so it’s certainly plausible that this essay is substantially correct. Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_sca...
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#5No post body was provided.
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#6Unfortunate suicide rates are up. Blame the school president? I guess some scapegoat must be found.
If the governing body has failed to follow through on its own policies, over multiple years, that has resulted in poor outcomes, firing the head of government isn't finding a scapegoat.
It's taking basic responsibility.
Somewhere between being a line manager and a director, you lose the ability to blame other people for your organization's failures. It's why you get paid the big bucks.
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#7Unfortunate suicide rates are up. Blame the school president? I guess some scapegoat must be found.
did you read the substack? negligence and not doing your job is scapegoating i suppose
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#8Unfortunate suicide rates are up. Blame the school president? I guess some scapegoat must be found.
The article provides quite a few specific failures that specifically relate to the deaths. Is there a specific reason you are ignoring those details?
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#9Why is it on HN's frontpage?