Due process for all: trusting colleagues, established procedures to find solutions

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

With so many good things happening at Texas State in recent years, it was disheartening — and confusing — to see President Damphousse’s abrupt, public termination last week of a tenured professor following coverage from a politically oriented website.

Academic life calls us to seek truth, act with integrity, and foster rigorous exchange across differing viewpoints. Responsible leadership requires careful fact-finding, consultation, discernment, accountability and — above all — due process for all.