Tag: Around Academe
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Professor loses classroom privileges
A University of Central Arkansas professor will no longer be teaching after throwing a marker…
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Pending legislation would increase study-abroad opportunities
The Sen. Paul Simon Study-Abroad Foundation Act of 2007, legislation to establish a national study-abroad…
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NCAA stops taking transcripts from four nontraditional high schools
The NCAA will no longer accept transcripts from four more nontraditional high schools due to…
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Court: School liable for harassment
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that public schools can be held responsible if they…
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University of Toledo’s history department accused of sexism
One professor has resigned and four others filed complaints at the University of Toledo following…
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MIT professor ends hunger strike
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has ended a nearly two-week hunger strike he was…
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Gannett Co. purchases student paper
The Gannett Co. recently bought the University of Central Florida’s student newspaper, The Central Florida…
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Dalai Lama joins Emory faculty
Emory University has named the Dalai Lama a Presidential Distinguished Professor, according to a press…
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Court battle puts Rhode Island College on the defensive in free speech case
Rhode Island College suffered a setback recently in a long-running court case stemming from a…
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Former New Jersey medical student pleads guilty to stealing a hand
A doctor in California pleaded guilty to charges that he stole a hand from a…
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Nebraska now offers tuition break to children of immigrants
Children of undocumented immigrants now are officially able to pay in-state tuition to attend colleges…
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Seven Guilford College football players arrested for assault
Seven football players at Guilford College have been arrested and charged for beating up three…
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Michigan State University scientist exonerated in stem-cell scandal
An American scientist whose name appears on flawed research papers published in Science in 2004,…
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Possible Bush library stirs controversy at Southern Methodist University
A group of Methodist ministers petitioned Southern Methodist University to remove itself from consideration as…
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Emory University replaces loans with grants for low-income students
Emory University will replace loans with grants for students from families earning less than $50,000…
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SIU chancellor becomes professor
The chancellor of Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus, who recently faced accusations of plagiarism by…
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Gallaudet U. still facing critics
Despite dwindling student protests over the would-be hiring of its new president, Gallaudet University is…
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Professor pledges $1 million to UWF
A faculty member at the University of West Florida has pledged $1 million to the…
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Evergreen State faculty form a union
Faculty at Evergreen State University, a four-year public university in Washington, voted recently to form…
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Foreign scholars get longer visas
Some foreign scholars coming to the U.S. are now eligible for five-year visas, the State…
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Ohio science profs turn political
In an unusual move, 75 science professors at Case Western Reserve University have decided to…
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BYU to reopen study-abroad center
Brigham Young University will admit 44 students to its newly resumed study-abroad program in Jerusalem next…
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EPA will create assistance center
The Environmental Protection Agency is creating a new assistance center to help colleges and universities…
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Trial date set for Calif. State trustees
A California judge ruled that a lawsuit alleging California State trustees held an illegally closed-door…
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