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  • July 2008

    • Obama Impressed Law School's Conservatives

      newser  |  New Republic  |  Jul 23, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      Obama Impressed Law School's Conservatives

      The University of Chicago Law School—an institution noted for its conservative leanings—tried hard to recruit part-time lecturer Barack Obama into academia when his early political career was foundering, the New Republic reports. Some of the school's conservative scholars say they disagreed with Obama's political bent but were impressed with his willingness to hear opposing views—and may even cross over to vote for him. More »

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      Barack Obama  • bipartisanship  • University of Chicago  • professor  • law school

    • Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 15, 08 8:59 AM CDT

      Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

      Title IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's groups and members of Congress have called for compliance reviews. But reviews haven't yet turned up hard evidence of discrimination, the New York Times reports. More »

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      gender  • professor  • gender discrimination  • science education  • PhD

    • Campuses Shift to Middle as 'Radical Profs' Retire

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 3, 08 3:52 AM CDT

      Campuses Shift to Middle as 'Radical Profs' Retire

      University campuses all over the country are becoming less passionate and more businesslike as liberal '60s professors retire, the New York Times reports. The process is expected to accelerate over the next decade as Baby Boomers hired in the great '70s expansion of  higher education move on, to be replaced by a generation for whom '60s-style radicalism is ancient history. More »

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      higher education  • professor  • colleges and universities  • Baby Boom generation  • universities  • 1960s  • 1970s  • campus

  • May 2008

    • Rich Colleges Should Save Nation's Top Newspapers

      newser  |  Chronicle of Higher Education  |  May 7, 08 9:29 PM CDT

      Rich Colleges Should Save Nation's Top Newspapers

      The New York Times is in "perilous financial condition," and colleges would play the perfect savior, Lee Smith writes in the Chronicle for Higher Education . His plan: Have the seven richest institutions direct 3% of their endowments—which, combined, come to $114 billion— to buying the Gray Lady. "That's for a start." Later on, universities could snap up other papers that "make intellectual life possible." More »

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      Internet  • New York Times  • professor  • colleges and universities  • endowment  • print journalism

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Questions Linger as NIU Classes Resume

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 25, 08 9:15 AM CST

      Questions Linger as NIU Classes Resume

      As Northern Illinois University resumes classes today, the prevailing feeling is uncertainty. One professor will leave it up to her class whether to stick to the syllabus or talk about the Valentine's Day shooting that left five students dead. Others question whether the semester's grading standards should change and wonder what will become of the scene of the tragedy, reports the Chicago Tribune. More »

    • Columbia Prof in Noose Case Plagiarized Her Students

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Feb 21, 08 5:21 PM CST

      Columbia Prof in Noose Case Plagiarized Her Students

      The Columbia professor who made headlines when she found a noose on her office door has plagiarized from students and another professor, the school says. The university’s Teachers College found two dozen instances in which Madonna Constantine stole from other's works in articles published under her name. Constantine, who's been given an unspecified punishment, calls the charges “structural racism,” reports the New York Post . More »

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      hate crime  • professor  • plagiarism  • Columbia University  • noose  • Madonna Constantine

    • For Sale: My Seat in Class

      newser  |  Chronicle of Higher Education  |  Feb 15, 08 4:53 PM CST

      For Sale: My Seat in Class

      It beats sleeping overnight outside a professor's office—as some do at Stanford—but should students buy their way into popular classes? The University of Chicago thought not, removing one student's ad hawking a slot in Freakonomics author Steven Levitt's course. Penn's Wharton School has a more capitalistic view, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. More »

    • Harvard Profs' Research Will Be Free on Web

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Feb 13, 08 1:35 PM CST

      Harvard Profs' Research Will Be Free on Web

      In a move that could bring a major change to the culture of academia, the arts and sciences faculty of Harvard University yesterday voted unanimously to distribute their scholarship online for free rather than signing exclusive deals with obscure, often expensive scholarly journals. Journal officials worry, the Boston Globe reports, that the move threatens the peer-review process. More »

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      Internet  • Harvard  • professor  • academia  • journals

    • Colleges Give It the Old Foreign Campus Try

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 10, 08 6:40 PM CST

      Colleges Give It the Old Foreign Campus Try

      With overseas demand for an American education skyrocketing, US universities are racing to go global, reports the New York Times . Many schools are building foreign branch campuses, where students, especially in the Middle East, can skip over to Abu Dhabi and return home with an NYU degree—without mastering culture shock. Universities use the added presence to build international prestige and draw star professors. More »

  • December 2007

    • Research Notes Make Internet History

      newser  |  Ars Technica  |  Dec 14, 07 12:07 AM CST

      Research Notes Make Internet History

      The Center for New History and Media has received a big grant to help store the raw material of academic research as part of its Internet Archive project, Ars Technica reports. Director Dan Cohen wants to help the academic world by making it easy for scholars to make their research notes and documents available to each other. More »

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      Internet  • research  • professor  • universities  • academics

  • November 2007

    • Oral Roberts University Prez Steps Down

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 23, 07 11:43 PM CST

      Oral Roberts University Prez Steps Down

      The president of Oral Roberts University resigned today amidst allegations of misusing school funds, the AP reports. Richard Roberts, son of founder Oral, faces a lawsuit claiming he spent university money on a life of luxury—including a $39,000 shopping spree and $29,000 trip to the Bahamas. Roberts has denied the accusations, and said today that he loved the university "with all my heart." More »

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      higher education  • professor  • Oral Roberts University  • Richard Roberts  • Oral Roberts

    • Tenure Goes the Way of the Typewriter

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 20, 07 11:12 AM CST

      Tenure Goes the Way of the Typewriter

      Tenured professors are looking rarer than motivated students on college campuses these days. To save money and allow greater flexibility, universities are loading up on part-time instructors, a trend some worry is lowering educational quality. Part-timers are less likely to have doctorates and, as they bounce from university to university, have less time to prepare or meet with students, the Times reports. More »

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      higher education  • professor

  • October 2007

    • Roberts: Devil Won't Get School

      newser  |  Tulsa World  |  Oct 23, 07 3:38 AM CDT

      Roberts: Devil Won't Get School

      The 89-year-old founder of embattled Oral Roberts University has returned to the school to defend it against allegations of misuse of college funds by his own family members. "The devil is not going to steal" the university, Oral Roberts declared to students and staff at a religious service, as he insisted the accusations are false. More »

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      scandals  • professor  • Oral Roberts University  • Richard Roberts  • Oral Roberts

    • Condi to Stanford Profs: Lay Off Rummy

      newser  |  Politico  |  Oct 15, 07 7:26 PM CDT

      Condi to Stanford Profs: Lay Off Rummy

      Condi wants Stanford profs to lay off Don Rumsfeld and welcome “all views” at the university, Politico reports. She stopped short of praising her old colleague—“I know Don Rumsfeld, he is going to be a challenging presence”—but scolded faculty for doubting Rummy’s appointment as “distinguished visiting fellow” last week. “That’s what universities ought to be about: [an] open exchange of ideas,” she said. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Pentagon  • Donald Rumsfeld  • professor  • Hoover Institution

  • September 2007
  • July 2007

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