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Professor Accused of Spanking Students Quits
Mahmoud Hamad, an associate professor of political science at Drake University, has resigned following allegations that he spanked female students...
Court Rejects Arizona Attorney General's Lawsuit on Tuition
Arizona's attorney general does not have standing to challenge the Arizona Board of Regents' powers to set tuition for the...
Academic Minute: Students Should March and Then Run
Today on the Academic Minute, part two of a student protest series, Jerusha Conner, associate professor of education at Villanova...
AAUP on Maricopa Shared Governance Changes
The American Association of University Professors is concerned about “apparent departures from generally accepted principles of academic governance” within the...
Boston College Allows 'Offensive' Rapper to Perform
Boston College will not revoke rapper B.o.B.’s invitation to perform at its spring concert, despite the performer’s anti-Semitic views and...
Cosby Honorary Degrees, Post-Conviction
Temple University has long had close ties to Bill Cosby, who was convicted of sexual assault Thursday. The case in...
Senate Confirms Leader for Humanities Endowment
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Jon Parrish Peede (at right) as the 11th chairman of the National Endowment for...
Tennessee Lawmakers Reject Full-Time Completion Plan
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Tennessee rejected Republican governor Bill Haslam's proposal to strongly encourage the state's scholarship students...