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Layoffs Without 'Financial Exigency'
One of the ultimate protections of being a tenured faculty member, historically, has been being immune from layoff in all...
Commencement Speakers Announced: Colby, John Carroll, Marquette, Mills, Regent, SUNY Oswego, U. of Tennessee at Knoxville, Vassar
The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers: Colby College: Judith A. McHale, under secretary of state for...
Debate on Need for Graduates Bashes Colleges
WASHINGTON -- You have to know you're probably in for a rough time in a debate when one of the...
Professor Suspended Over Facebook Venting
East Stroudsburg University has suspended Gloria Gadsden, a sociology professor, for joking comments she posted on her Facebook page that...
Medical School Ends Use of Live Pigs in Labs
The Medical College of Wisconsin has announced that it is ending the use of live pigs in laboratories in which...
Psychologists Toughen Anti-Torture Ethics Rules
The American Psychological Association announced last week that it has toughened its ethics code to remove a loophole some feared...
GRE Test Registrations Set Record in 2009
The Educational Testing Service is today announcing that total registrations for the Graduate Record Examination set a record in 2009...
Union College Finally Embraces Schenectady
Union College has for years tried to downplay its Schenectady, N.Y. location, even going so far as to give visiting...