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Wednesday, November 24, 2004
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NICHIPORUK Revisited
"Among parents' peeves is the fact that Nichiporuk is still listed as a doctor on the district’s Website," reports WOKR tv in Rochester about the incoming superintendent of Palmyra, New York schools, who holds a doctorate from a notorious diploma mill. At a public meeting of the school board the other night, outraged parents (who have a petition with four hundred signatures and growing in the works) demanded his resignation. You might recall that UD, although often merciless about such things, argued in a recent post that this guy should be given a break, since he has apparently worked hard and well for the district for decades. She also, though, insisted that Nichiporuk go on tv and issue an extensive apology, etc. He hasn't done this, and the school board is sitting on its ass, and parents are getting angrier and angrier. You'd think, in a situation like this one, removing the "Dr." bit on the school system's website would be a simple and calming thing to do. But the Palmyra school board is neither able to make a decision nor push a Delete key. It all reminds UD of the dithery response of the University of Alaska committee which was asked a few months ago to rule on the legitimacy of a professor's wildly illegitimate doctoral degree. People tend not to like to be lied to; people tend not to like having illegitimate leaders foisted on them. Note, for instance, the unusually heavy pedestrian traffic in Ukraine lately. |