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Clemson President Barker to Return to Teaching

Clemson President Jim Barker is going back to being an architecture professor after 14 years leading the school.

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Clemson Students Find Bacteria Risk in Beer Pong

The most dangerous part of playing beer pong might not be drinking too much beer.

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Advocates Say Ethnic Studies Misunderstood, Needlessly Under Fire

Ethnic studies are at risk because of budget restraints, conflicting views of purpose and negative attitudes toward academic programs that don’t automatically equal jobs for graduating college students.

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Study Backs Liberal Arts, But Questions Graduates’ Competence

Hidden deeper in the findings is the disclosure that more than 40 percent of employers already don’t think colleges are teaching students what they need to know to succeed.

The AACU report is meant to bolster support for institutions that emphasize the liberal arts in the face of criticism some fear may dilute the humanities or restrict them to elite private universities.

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Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry

Cary Supalo, who lost his sight at age 7 as the result of a rare genetic condition called FEVR, says he believes “in a can-do attitude.”

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Ben Carson Withdraws as Johns Hopkins Commencement Speaker

Dogged by backlash over his politically charged speeches on same-sex marriage, famed neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson, announced that he will withdraw as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Ben Carson said Johns Hopkins University’s commencement “is about the students and their success, and it is not about me.”

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Washington State University President Reacts to Assault on Professor

Washington State University President Elson Floyd has donated $10,000 to the reward fund to help catch whoever assaulted a faculty member near campus.

Student Arrested in Texas College Stabbing Spree

A student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people before being subdued and arrested, authorities said.

Commitment to Service Helps Global Go-Getter Stand Out

Baruch College junior Alyssa Alicino was raised with many friends from Latin America and a sense of responsibility toward her community.

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NCAA Tournament Important to Recruiting — But Not Likely to Rutgers

Anyone want to go to a school that now has a history of homophobia as well as physical abuse of students? Oh, and besides that, the team doesn’t win basketball games.

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Rutgers Commissioning Review of Basketball Scandal

Rutgers University announced Monday that it’s commissioning an independent review of the conduct of fired basketball coach Mike Rice and the way the university handled the situation when it learned that he was kicking and shoving players and berating them with gay slurs in practice.

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AAUP Faculty Salary Report Highlights Contingent Faculty, State Funding Concerns

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reports that average professor salaries are showing recovery, following three years of recession during which salary hikes for full-time faculty members fell below the inflation rate.

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