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School Fired Prof Over 9/11 Essay: Jury

He wins case
after calling victims
'little Eichmanns'

Apr 2, 09 9:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A jury decided today that the University of Colorado unjustly fired one of its professors after he called 9/11 victims "little Eichmanns" in an essay, the Denver Post reports. Jurors, however, awarded Ward Churchill only $1 in damages. A judge will now determine whether the school must reinstate Churchill... More »

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free speech • University of Colorado • Ward Churchill • Colorado • professor

Pharma Infiltrates Harvard's Ivory Tower

Med school is in ethics crisis, say some students and profs

Mar 3, 09 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The tentacles of big pharma have made their way into the upper echelons of academia, the New York Times reports: Harvard Medical School is packed with professors with industry ties, and that has students concerned. With 149 profs connected to Pfizer and 130 to Merck, fears that the influence of... More »

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Harvard Medical School • pharmaceutical companies • drug companies • professor • Harvard • medical ethics

Son With Autism Charged
in Mom's Murder

Kent State professor died after savage beating

Feb 25, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The autistic son of a Kent State professor has been charged with her murder, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. On Jan. 29, Sky Walker allegedly beat his mother, Gertrude Steuernagel, so severely that she died a week later from her injuries. Walker, 18, has been found incompetent to manage his own... More »

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autism • murder • family • professor • beatings • Kent State • Sky Walker • Gertrude Steuernagel

Supreme Court Needs Term Limits: Legal Eagles

Urge end to lifelong terms, judges' case selection

Feb 23, 09 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The US judicial system is in need of a serious overhaul, law experts write in a letter to congressional leaders. They argue that Supreme Court justices shouldn’t keep their posts for life, instead taking 18-year terms before a shift in status, the Washington Post reports. Further, they say, the... More »

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Congress • professor • overhaul • US Supreme Court • justices • letter

Prof Rips UCLA for 'Illegal' Race Admissions

School denies 'coverup' over rising number of black students

Aug 31, 08 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UCLA professor is accusing the school of admitting students based on race even though the practice remains illegal in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tim Groseclose resigned this week from an admissions committee and posted an 89-page report online accusing the university of a "coverup." "... More »

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African Americans • college admissions • UCLA • professor • college student

 Obama Revealed
 Little, Provoked
 Much as a Prof

Dem hid his notions, but unpacked complex issues

Jul 30, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama stood out as a University of Chicago law professor in the 1990s: He didn't publish, he turned down tenure, he ran for office, and he collected a coterie of adoring liberal students at a largely conservative school. Yet he provoked them to take sides more than he revealed... More »

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Barack Obama • University of Chicago • professor • bipartisanship • oratory

Obama Impressed
Law School's Conservatives

University of Chicago courted him despite liberal leanings

Jul 23, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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

Gender-equality law looks beyond sports

Jul 15, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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gender • PhD • professor • gender discrimination • science education • Title IX

Campuses Shift to Middle
as 'Radical Profs' Retire

Liberal legacy waning with new generation

Jul 3, 08 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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baby boomer • higher education • professor • universities • 1960s • colleges and universities • campus • 1970s • culture wars

OPINION

Rich Colleges Should Save Nation's Top Newspapers

Wealthy universities should get together, buy struggling dailies

May 7, 08 9:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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

That's Professor Obama to You

U of Chicago refutes Clinton claim; liberal blog backs off McCain plagiarism allegation

Mar 28, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama was indeed a professor at the University of Chicago's law school, the school said today. The Clinton campaign and the Sun-Times have said otherwise, but academic semantics back the onetime senior lecturer. The university said that title did qualify Obama as a professor—and the law school had... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • plagiarism • University of Chicago • professor • Chicago Sun Times

Questions Linger as NIU Classes Resume

School struggles with how to pick up pieces in wake of tragedy

Feb 25, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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school shooting • professor • Northern Illinois University • Steven Kazmierczak • campus shooting

Columbia Prof
in Noose Case Plagiarized
Her Students

She calls school probe a racist conspiracy

Feb 21, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

For Sale: My Seat in Class

Wharton's auction system among solutions to overenrollment in popular courses

Feb 15, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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online auction • college • business school • University of Pennsylvania • professor • Wharton School of Business • Justin Wolfers • Steven D. Levitt • Freakonomics • college student

Harvard Profs' Research Will Be Free on Web

Open-access movement worries journal publishers

Feb 13, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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Internet • academia • professor • Harvard • journals • open-access movement

Colleges Give It the Old Foreign Campus Try

Top US schools opening full-degree programs across globe

Feb 10, 08 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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higher education • New York University • student • University of Pennsylvania • professor • universities • international study • Dana Rohrabacher • study abroad

Research Notes Make Internet History

New project to archive academic raw materials online

Dec 14, 07 12:07 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Internet • research • professor • universities • academics

Oral Roberts University Prez Steps Down

Oral's son Richard accused of misusing school funds

Nov 23, 07 11:43 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Tenure Goes the Way of
the Typewriter

Part-timers dominate university teaching ranks, raising questions of quality

Nov 20, 07 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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higher education • professor

Roberts: Devil Won't Get School

Patriarch returns to battle scandal at Oral Roberts U

Oct 23, 07 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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professor • Oral Roberts University • Richard Roberts • Oral Roberts • ORU • wrongful termination • Gary Richardson • scandal

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