Last October, the refusal by Cal State Fullerton math professor Alain Bourget to use a textbook authored by his boss in the math department revealed inherent conflicts in how college texts are chosen. But despite an attempt at reform, little has changed.
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Cal State Fullerton Professor Gets Hearing on Textbook Flap
Alain Bourget, who was reprimanded for declining to assign a textbook to his students that was written by the university’s math department chairman, appealed his punishment at a grievance hearing Friday.
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Battle Over Textbook Provides Window Into CSUF Faculty Politics
Alain Bourget, an associate math professor at Cal State Fullerton, is slated to have an administrative hearing Friday about a reprimand he received for using a different textbook in an introductory math class than the one officially sanctioned by the department, which was written by the department chair.
