Professors at a state university in Pennsylvania say they are angered, hurt, and shocked after reading a Chronicle profile of Fred Walker, who said he could never reason with faculty members, and much more.
State and federal investigations, plus lawsuits filed by more than 250 of the former sports doctor’s victims, could mean years of trouble. And that’s not counting new legislation in the works.
Bruce Gilley, a professor at Portland State University, caused an uproar with an article in Third World Quarterly. In an interview he blames “totalitarian ideologues” for distorting his message.
Andrew Delbanco, an American-studies professor at Columbia University, says wealthy institutions should be serving the larger community, not just their own students.
Mark Anthony Conditt, who blew himself up on Wednesday after a series of attacks that left two dead, attended Austin Community College from 2010 to 2012.
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Ben Yagoda explores the origins of an insult that has been most recently and frequently applied to the president.
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