Closing arguments in hearing to fire Truckee Meadows Community College faculty member
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Friday’s hearing at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) to fire longtime tenured faculty member Lars Jensen had 11 witnesses testifying in support of the professor. Most were his faculty colleagues in TMCC’s math department. Other witnesses included a retired biology faculty member and an academic freedom expert. TMCC attorney John Albrecht gives the first closing argument followed by John Nolan for Jensen. The hearing officer will issue facts in the case. Based upon her determinations, a faculty committee will then forward its recommendations to TMCC President Karin Hilgersom in early December. Hilgersom can fire Jensen regardless of the hearing officer’s and committee’s input.
