Not Adding Up: Math Lecturer Behind Viral Email Set to Lose His UC Berkeley Job
Alexander Coward—the charismatic UC Berkeley math lecturer whose 2013 emailed justification for teaching during a university employees strike went viral—now says he’s about to be fired by the university, despite stellar reviews from his students.
The university’s response: Personnel matters are confidential, and lecturers such as Coward receive no guarantee that their contracts will be renewed.
Posted on October 12, 2015 - 10:00am