 ccrp poll political agendas by college professors  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues new poll overview professor william s penn a literature professor for michigan state university msu opened his first class for the semester with a tirade against republicans and conservatives that the school now admits was offensive during the eightminute secretly recorded rampage he is even seen even yelling at an individual student who appeared offended by the antirepublican comments penn s attacks were secretly recorded by a student and soon became a national story and source of embarrassment for msu the university ultimately bowed to pressure and had penn removed from the classroom in an email to the student body karen wurst dean of the college of arts letters apologized to students for penn s inappropriate disrespectful and offensive comments and announced that his classes have been reassigned to another professor on aug 29 during your literatures cultures identities course professor william penn made comments he has acknowledged were inappropriate disrespectful and offensive and may have negatively affected the learning environment dean wurst wrote once msu was made aware of the situation the office of the provost immediately began a review as a result penn s duties have been reassigned and he will not be teaching this semester the dean added a new instructor is being assigned to your course the dean s email left some doubt as to just what the school planned to do to penn beyond the current semester because of that vagueness campus reform asked msu to clarify the professor s status msu spokesman jason cody replied that penn has not been suspended his employment status has not changed his teaching duties have been reassigned cody said professor penn will retain his 146510 salary as well as all his benefits he seems merely to have received a semesterlong vacation as all his duties have been assigned to others new poll question at msu what should be the result of what is acceptable in college courses that are not related to political content 1 professors instructors should be free to use any content to teach any class 2 professors instructors should limited to the relevant materials need to teach their class 3 professors instructors should present all material in an unbiased and fair manner and represent all sides of an issue 4 universities should hold all professors instructors accountable for their biased teaching up to and including dismissal 5 undecided to vote in this poll click on this link at msu what should be the result of what is acceptable in college courses that are not related to political content   to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the mi legislature pass legislation that would call for a convention to offer new amendments to the us constitution yes 59 no 36 undecided 5 no comments were made on this poll   all emails addresses  