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Garth Lovvorn, a trustee of Alabama's Athens State University, has apologized for saying that faculty members who send anonymous letters of complaint "can go to hell," The Times Daily reported. Many faculty members -- with and without their names attached -- have been complaining about the way the university is run. In an email to the campus, Loworn apologized for his "outburst." He said that he was trying to say "that I wanted cohesiveness between the administration, the faculty and the board and together we can turn the morale problem around."

 

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A photo illustration that highlights a quote from a recent American Association of University Professors statement on academic boycotts. The quote reads, "Individual faculty members and students should be free to weigh, assess, and debate the specific circumstances giving rise to calls for systematic academic boycotts and to make their own choices regarding their participation in them."
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In Defense of the AAUP’s Statement on Boycotts

John K. Wilson opposes academic boycotts but supports the AAUP’s controversial new statement nevertheless.

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