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Faculty members at Wheaton College, in Massachusetts, organized a one-day moratorium on classes to discuss the war in Iraq. (Photograph by Hannah Benoit) — Read story
Panel Finds 'Inadvertent Plagiarism' in Southern Illinois U. President's Dissertation
The faculty committee at Southern Illinois University that scrutinized the 1984 dissertation by the institution's president found "many instances" of unattributed borrowing. But it did not describe those "incorrect practices" as plagiarism. Medical Schools Stop Using Dogs and Pigs in Teaching Rumbles Over Wardrobe Warnings Critical Mass: Women and Hip-Hop Syllabus Psychology students at Baldwin-Wallace College discuss their own experiences in a class on divorce. — (Previous columns) The Arts & Academe A world-class, $100-million concert hall under construction at Sonoma State University raises some jeers. ... Duke University celebrates Thelonious Monk. ... 1950s-vacation nostalgia appears in New York City, courtesy of a professor at the State University of New York College at Purchase. — (Previous columns) Notes PEER REVIEW: Eastern Michigan University is sued by its former president as a search committee begins work on finding a new chief executive ... California State University at Sacramento has hired a public-relations specialist who helped it, at no cost, through a big-game scandal ... The executive director of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has announced his retirement. TRENDS IN INSURANCE: A survey finds that more institutions are offering benefits to domestic partners of employees. WHAT SPORTS? Faculty members involved in governance say they feel disconnected from their institutions' athletics programs, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics reports.
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BlogsFootnoted: From Academic Blogs Handicapping the race for the economics Nobel A torrent of advice for a fledgling law school On Hiring Long-distance marriages are increasingly common -- and not just among academics The faculty union at the U. of Cincinnati has endorsed a new three-year contract that would give 2,300 employees a 2-percent pay hike DiscussionsLive Discussions 
The Brown Bag: S. Michael Evans, an architect who has designed campuses across North America for 20 years, will answer your questions about what the sustainability movement has to say to campus planners, on Thursday, October 18, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
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