To the Editor:
This is not a conventional “letter to the editor,” but a note of appreciation for the comprehensive May 2 Kay Neufeld report on the “Nine faculty positions eliminated at UMF cut from humanities and social sciences.”
I encountered it through a link from yesterday’s Evening Express piece about the USM faculty senate vote of no confidence in Chancellor Malloy.
We need more newspaper accounts that are as informative and well written as Ms. Neufeld’s illumination of the tortured history of the UMF crises and its implications for the university and the other campuses in the University of Maine System.
Commendations to her and to the editorial leadership of the Journal.
Don Nicoll,
Portland
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less