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Conference Reshuffling Adds to Instability in Big-Time Sports
Five universities leave the Pacific-12 for other leagues, leaving behind just four peers. Leaders insist institutional “stability,” not money, drives their moves.
The Toll of a Botched Hire
Texas A&M announces it will pay Kathleen McElroy $1 million and concludes that the university’s prior president, despite protestations to the contrary, played a key role in the mess.
Accused Harvard Dishonesty Researcher Sues Harvard, Bloggers
Barred From Testifying by a Research Agreement
Lawyers representing children suing California sought two Stanford University K-12 researchers as expert witnesses. But the state Department of Education threatened the professors with fines.
Union: UC Berkeley Graduate Student Researchers Get Back Pay
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Princeton Professor Objects to Retraction of Economics Paper
American Economic Review retracted an economics paper, it said, upon the authors’ request. But an author said it was without his consent.
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Texas A&M Professor Suspended for Allegedly Criticizing Lieutenant Governor
Texas A&M already lost its president in the wake of a Texas Tribune article on the mishandled hiring of a Black professor. Now, the Tribune connects politics to the investigation of a current professor.
UC Berkeley Student Protest Keeps Anthropology Library Open—Kind Of
Student protesters and faculty support dwindled over the nearly three-month occupation of the anthropology library.