# Thoughts on the suspension of this professor? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-suspension-of-this-professor/919830 "2020-09-04T18:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 81
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-suspension-of-this-professor/919830/81 "2020-09-05T02:04:20Z")
USC has been mired in controversy for a while and this present action is likely an overreaction to recent events. > **[How USC Fired One Dean, Hired Another, And Kept Itself Mired In Controversy](https://laist.com/news/how-usc-fired-one-dean-hired-another-and-kept-itself-mired-in-controversy)** > > Details of how the dean of USC's Marshall School of Business was hired -- secretively and swiftly, with those involved in the process saying no other candidate was seriously considered -- have raised questions yet again about how USC operates. > [@](#): > > USC board chair Rick Caruso told the [LA Times](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-usc-business-school-dean-trustees-20181212-story.html) that the decision was “part of where the university is today in terms of acknowledging a proper culture that needs to be embraced and practiced on campus.” The Los Angeles Times, which several months later won a Pulitzer for its coverage of a scandal involving former USC gynecologist George Tyndall, [reported that Ellis’s removal](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-usc-business-school-dean-trustees-20181212-story.html) was prompted by how he handled “allegations of racial and gender discrimination and hostile workplace conditions” against Marshall school faculty and staff. > **[USC Cardiology Program Loses Accreditation Amid Med School Scandals](https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/clery/usc-cardiology-program-loses-accreditation/)** > > In a faculty memo Thursday, USC's medical school dean said the program was losing its accreditation due to "resident safety and wellness processes.” > **[Another Accuser Speaks Out As State Investigators Meet with Former USC...](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/another-accuser-speaks-out-as-state-investigators-meet-with-former-usc-gynecologist-at-center-of-controversy/47688/)** > > Another accuser discussed the concerns she had at the time, and why she is speaking out now, even as state investigators met George Tyndall, a former gynecologist at the USC Student Health Center. Meantime, pressure for change of leadership at the... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-suspension-of-this-professor/919830)._