Some readers may by now have heard about what is happening at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, where the university president’s actions have put the philosophy faculty in fear for their jobs and for the survival of their program. Details are available at Daily Nous (with a follow-up here) and at Inside Higher Ed. Philosophers at the University of Notre Dame have issued a statement on the controversy. John Hittinger at the University of St. Thomas has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a legal defense.
I have nothing to state but the obvious: A university without a philosophy program is not a true university. A Catholic university without a philosophy program is not a truly Catholic university. A university named after St. Thomas Aquinas without a philosophy program is too stupid for words. And if you really need all this explained to you, then you have no business running a university.
