“I want to be very clear that Domínguez’s forthcoming retirement does not change the full and fair process of review that is currently underway," Michael D. Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said in a written statement.
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“I criticize feminism as a feminist,” said Sommers.
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Introducing Kellie Gallagher
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University Violation of State Statue and its Own Policy on Policies Slows Implementation of All Gender Bathroom Policy
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Executive Council adopts SUPPORT position on HB 4005-B
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Introducing Daneen Bergland
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Legislators rewrite bill that originally required use of freely accessible educational materials, amid criticism that legislation would have infringed academic freedom and harmed, not helped, the open-access movement.
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Right after U of Tennessee faculty members agreed on plan to toughen oversight of tenured professors, system proposed rules many say endanger academic freedom.
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Leaders of historically black colleges say their strategy of working closely with the White House and congressional Republicans is working.
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Moving thousands of scholarly treasures out of the fine arts library at UT Austin has faculty members riled. Should a maker space and other meeting areas replace the stacks?
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Authors break down the basics of university governance but can't resist looking at the big picture.
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Study finds evidence of institutional bias in publishing, in that journals favor the work of authors who either work or studied at the universities that house the publications.
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Lou Anna K. Simon, who resigned last month as president of Michigan State U. amid the Larry Nassar molestation scandal, was quietly awarded an elite professorship in December. Many faculty members are unhappy about it.
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Did the university’s handling of one professor’s sexual-harassment complaint keep other women from coming forward for decades?
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The censure vote is the latest development in a bruising battle that has divided the university and led Rochester’s president, Joel Seligman, to step down.
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“We can’t stop an active shooter, but we can minimize the carnage,” said John Scheu, the superintendent of Sidney City Schools.
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The bill, HB 4141, will go back to the House for final approval before heading to Gov. Kate Brown for her signature.
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John Fraire, PSU's vice president for enrollment management says that, "PSU supports the right of students and prospective students to engage in peaceful and lawful protest to bring social change."
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"In an active shooter incident, having teachers running around a school with guns while law enforcement enters the building could make it difficult for us to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys."
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The choice Oregon voters may soon face: protect undocumented immigrants, or help ICE?
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