Successful Kent Professor Terminated Unexpectedly

Contract for Gene Sasso, lecturer and faculty member in School of Journalism and Mass Communications, not renewed

The termination of a popular faculty member in Kent State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication is raising some eyebrows in academia. Students and staff are questioning the decision of university administrators to not renew the contract for lecturer Gene Sasso, who came to Kent in 2010 to help establish a new online public relations master's degree program — a program that's become quite successful since. Sasso was told last month unexpectedly that his contract would not be renewed, Inside Higher Ed reported. "There was no reason given or offered," Sasso told TV2, the communication school's student broadcasting arm. Sasso was listed by Kent State's College of Communication and Information on its "points of pride" for the…

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