Nebraska Puts Museum Professors on Endangered Species List

Tenure provided little protection from budget cuts

By PIPER FOGG

Lincoln, Neb.

On the third floor of Nebraska Hall, in a dimly lit storage room, a witch's pantry of glass jars preserves more than 18,000 snakes and frogs in an alcoholic brew. Down the hall, cabinets hold drawers of furry moles, packed together as snugly as sardines. A sandhill crane and a...

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