University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigger Warnings’

Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg... by grkvlt on Friday August 26, 2016 @03:45AM (#12364845)

> Susan Finley. After 46 successful years at NASA, they demoted her - because she didn't have a bachelor's degree

This is rather disingenuous. According to an article in the NYT [1] she just had her job title changed in 2004, from 'Engineer' to 'Engineering Specialist.' Her salary and status did not change. See the excerpt below:

    Instead, Ms. Finley, who never finished her degree, fell
    into a newly created classification: engineering
    specialist, an hourly position.

    Her overall pay did not change, and she is now eligible
    for overtime.

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/science/space/nasa-juno-su...

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Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg... by Chathamization on Friday August 26, 2016 @08:17PM (#12370213)

You left out this part:

> But the change still irks Ms. Finley; she must mark down her arrival each day, her half-hour of lunch and the time she leaves to go home.

> “It’s a demotion,” she said. “No one wants a demotion. We want to be treated like we deserve. But it’s true. I don’t have a degree.”

Nathalia Holt, a science writer who wrote a book about Finley and others, also considers it a demotion:

http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-women-who-brought-...

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