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Louis Caldera informed his colleagues at the University of New Mexico School of Law via e-mail this morning of his change in status — that is, his new job at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress.
NMI has obtained a copy of the e-mail. And if you read it closely, one can make the argument that the former UNM president is hedging his bets. By which I mean he isn’t breaking off all connections to his tenured faculty position at UNM’s law school. But he’s also not saying definitively that he will return.
He also says something about what he will be doing at the Center.
You be the judge yourself. Here’s the e-mail Caldera sent to his colleagues:
I’m writing to bring you up to date on my current plans and provide you with my contact information.
I will continue to be on a leave of absence from the law school for the ’09-10 academic year working as a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a progressive policy think tank located in Washington DC. I will be working primarily in the higher education policy area, including on a Gates Foundation funded initiative to
double the number of low income and minority students receiving college degrees that aligns well with the Center’s priorities in this area. Additionally, I will be collaborating with others here who work on education, national security, veterans, immigration, and Hispanic/Latino issues. I have discussed my plans with our incoming dean, and he is supportive of this plan of work. We will determine what makes sense beyond the ’09-10 academic year at a later point in time.
