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20 October 2006
Attn: Sorin Antohi
Dear Sorin,
Having received your letter dated October 20, 2006, with sadness and regret, I hereby accept your resignation from all your positions at CEU as from today. The termination of your employment contract will be settled following the standard CEU protocol for resignation. Based on the fact you disclosed in your letter, CEU does not plan to take any legal actions against you. My best personal wishes for the future.
Your Yehuda
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25 October 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Resignation of Sorin Antohi
On 20 October 2006 Sorin Antohi submitted his resignation to Central European University, following the publication, by a Romanian newspaper, of an article with information about his unfinished doctoral studies. His resignation was regretfully accepted. Sorin Antohi had been a respected and productive member of the CEU faculty.
Many of his former students and colleagues expressed appreciation for his work. Furthermore, the Executive Committee and the Rector of CEU wish to make the following statement: In several press articles it is mentioned that those students at CEU who were taught and supervised by Sorin Antohi are in jeopardy with regard to their academic records. It is important to clarify that CEU academic departments have an elaborate evaluation system, and academic records do NOT depend on a single professor or instructor. Doctoral work in particular is supervised by a doctoral committee which collectively ensures academic standards.
The academic management of CEU stands by ALL its academic records, and the evaluations performed under its aegis. It protects the academic standing of its students, who all acted in good faith. Under no circumstances would CEU allow the credentials of students to be affected by a single occurrence.
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Communiqué
26 October 2006
In my previous communiqué I confirmed that Sorin Antohi had resigned from CEU and that we had accepted his resignation. To my surprise, it seems that this statement was not understood by all as indicating unambiguously the fact that the university had appointed Sorin Antohi in good faith, trusting the file that he possessed a doctorate.
Since CEU itself was misled and Sorin Antohi had admitted this, we had accepted his resignation. I found it only fair to emphasize that since his appointment at the university his record of publications, teaching and administrative involvement were of high quality, and indeed, in this personally tragic situation, many colleagues and students expressed their support for him. Let me emphasize once again that the admission of doctoral students, the accompaniment of doctoral studies, the evaluation and the formal examination of doctoral theses at CEU are never in the hands of a single professor.
Accordingly, none of those students who were supervised by Sorin Antohi need to worry about any negative consequences regarding the validity of their diplomas.