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The Shirley Sherrods of Academe?
Three days after conservative blogger posted videos of a course, an instructor is no longer employed -- even as university finds that statements were "distorted."
Berkeley Doctor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Patients
Robert Kevess, a physician who worked for more than 20 years in the student health center at the University of...
Nevada Professors See Tenure Threat
Administrators could -- under a new code -- scuttle academic programs and tenured positions because of “adverse financial conditions.”
Anger Over Tenure Denials at Harvard Education School
Graduate students at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education are charging -- citing tenure denials -- that the institution has...
Scrutiny Grows of Education Dept. Rule Making on For-Profit Colleges
Exactly what it will amount to and whether it will prompt the U.S. Education Department to temper its plan to...
Stanford Faculty Senate Backs Return of ROTC
Stanford University's Faculty Senate voted Thursday to invite the Reserve Officer Training Corps back to the campus, The Los Angeles...
MLA Creates Scholarly Communication Division
The Modern Language Association has announced the creation of an office of scholarly communication, which will expand the association's publications...
NCAA Wants More Oversight of Bowl Games
In the wake of reports of corruption in management of the Fiesta Bowl, Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate...