Trakar
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So why wouldn't they tell him what the reasons were then?
Well, I'm sure he knows, but if the University came out and stated something like "Prof. Drapela's contract with the university was not renewed because there are repeated and compelling allegations that he was 'soliciting sex from several of his male students with the offer of tuning up their grades' or 'involved in producing illicit controlled substances'," there would have been concerns about having to provide strong evidence to support the veracity of those claims in the face of potential civil action. In this case it was apparently less trouble to simply allow his contract to expire and let any future employers worry about his work ethic, personal proclivities and/or conduct.
Rumors are rumors, and I'm not saying that these are the specific reasons he was not offered a new contract, there are many reasons a university might not offer an alumnus professor a new contract, but if he's outstanding in his field, I'm sure he will quickly find a new position. There are positions that annually go unfilled on most of the over-crowded campuses around the nation. And if he's not outstanding in his field,...you may have another potential reason he was not offered a new contract.