Oct 18, 2006 4:02 pm US/Mountain
Churchill's Appeal Delayed By Funding Dispute
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ―
University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill's battle to keep his job has been delayed by a dispute over whether the university is obligated to contribute $20,000 toward his defense.
Churchill, who angered many people with an essay that likened some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi organizer of the Holocaust, faces dismissal on allegations of research misconduct, charges he denies.
He has appealed a recommendation by the acting head of the university's Boulder campus that he be fired.
Churchill maintains that Faculty Senate rule requires the university to contribute the $20,000 to help him fight dismissal. The university's governing Board of Regents has said it never accepted the rule and is not bound by it.
Churchill's attorney, David Lane, said he may file a lawsuit by next week in an effort to get the money.
A faculty committee hearing Churchill's appeal of the dismissal recommendation agreed to delay proceedings until Nov. 6 because of the dispute.
Churchill has been relieved of teaching and other academic duties but is still being paid.
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