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NYU Professor Maitland Jones Jr. fired for being too hard says colleges ‘coddle students’

Por: New York Post Nation October 21, 2022

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An NYU chemistry professor who after students complained that his class was too hard said colleges “coddle” students instead of helping them succeed with “tough love.” taught at the expensive Manhattan private school for 15 years before he was canned ahead of the fall semester after a student petition alleged that his organic chemistry class was too difficult to pass. “Organic chemistry is a difficult and important course,” he wrote... + full article



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