Xi smiles-----Cal Poly fires chemistry lecturer after raising concerns about foreign hires | The College Fix

California Polytechnic State University reportedly pushed a chemistry lecturer out of her job after she raised concerns about foreign hires and learning assistants in general, and their inability to set up a safe laboratory. - Jeanine Yuen - Northwestern University

• Learning assistants frequently arrived unprepared, violated lab safety rules, and lacked basic training, the lecturer alleged. 
• This created unsafe classroom conditions for her large freshman labs of up to 64 students and meant first-year students were exposed to improper laboratory practices...

Reports to the chemistry department and the school’s health and safety team went nowhere. 

However, the department chair at the time did accuse the lecturer of an inappropriate “tone” in a performance review...

• University boots Americans, brings in foreigners...

The chemist said Cal Poly relies heavily on seemingly higher-paid, non-tenure lecturers while claiming it cannot find enough American workers to fill teaching positions. 

• The school offers a relatively low wage to American workers for the cost of living in the area. 
• However, it offers higher wages to foreign workers...

“Replacing experienced, non-tenure-track U.S. lecturers with entry-level H-1B hires does not address a labor shortage; it replaces incumbent faculty with workers who carry less institutional risk.”