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Pushing Back on Requests for Salary Cuts
In this budget year, many faculties (unionized or not) have been asked by administrations to accept salary cuts or freezes...
More Questions on Ghostwriting in Science Journals
An article in The New York Times details the common practice of drug companies offering to ghostwrite articles in scientific...
4 More Trustees Offer to Quit Illinois Board
Four more University of Illinois trustees have volunteered to quit in the wake of a scandal over trustees and politicians...
Pitt Rejects Bequest From Killer
The University of Pittsburgh will not accept a bequest of $225,000 from George Sodini, who opened fire in a health...
More Difficulties for Tariq Ramadan
Erasmus University, in the Netherlands, has fired Tariq Ramadan from a visiting professor position he held, citing his having hosted...
Agnes Scott and American U. Shift Testing Requirements
Agnes Scott College has decided to no longer require the SAT or ACT for admissions. College officials cited research prepared...
Oxford Found to Have Favored Male Applicants
An academic study has found that the colleges of the University of Oxford were more likely in 2002 to offer...
Nicholls State Alumni Think New Mascot Resembles Nazi Soldier
Nicholls State University’s redesigned mascot has angered some alumni who find it has a striking resemblance “to a soldier from...