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Turmoil at the Mount
President of Mount St. Mary's in Maryland says he reinstated two professors he fired. Faculty asks president to quit. Many report fear for their jobs and uncertainty over liberal arts and Catholic heritage. Many students back president. Plus video satire.
What's Up With the Mounts Saint Mary?
Mount Saint Mary College in New York isn't affiliated with Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland, but professors at the former say it's headed down the same path as the latter, with dissenting faculty members dismissed and trustees showing up at search committee meetings.
'We Are All Bunnies'
Academics respond with speed and anger after the president of Mount St. Mary's -- who advocated treating at-risk students as bunnies to drown -- fires two faculty members.
Purge at the Mount
Mount St. Mary's fires two faculty members. One was tenured professor charged with lack of loyalty. The other advised student newspaper that recently exposed president's quotes about "drowning bunnies."
Parting of Ways
Wheaton of Illinois and professor it tried to fire over her statements about God reach deal under which she will leave.
Why Did UC Fire a Tenured Professor?
The University of California has fired just a handful of tenured professors since the late 1950s -- including one late last month. Details are still hazy, but those involved in the controversial case against a well-known professor of English at the Riverside campus are breaking their silence.
Iran Releases Detained Student
An American student enrolled in an intensive language program affiliated with the University of Tehran is among the prisoners released by Iran.