More on Marquette Process Failure

The Chronicle of Higher Education yesterday published an interview with Professor O'Brien that provides some details regarding her understanding of how her work fit within Marquette's stated mission. The attempt to rescind her contract in any event represents gross negligence in the University review process and/or after-the-fact external interference, which should give us pause as scholars at Catholic universities regardless of how we might disagree regarding the substantive question of mission fit.