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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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Connecticut Public Colleges Lose 200 Professors to Early Retirement
Administrators are scrambling to plug holes in their course schedules for fall, with most expecting to do so by hiring more adjuncts or increasing class sizes.
U. of Georgia Paid 2 Fraternities $2.4-Million to Relocate, Contracts Show
The two were among five with houses on property where the university plans to build new academic facilities.
New Allegations in Admissions Controversy at U. of Illinois Suggest Ex-Provost Played a Role
Linda P.B. Katehi, the incoming chancellor of the University of California at Davis, has insisted she knew nothing of the admission of politically connected applicants at Illinois.
Sonoma State U. Foundation May Lose $350,000 on Loan to Former Board Member
The foundation will be forced to issue fewer scholarships in the 2010-11 academic year because of a diminished endowment, a university official said.
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May 19, 2007
Italian University Partly Closes to Thwart Speech by Holocaust Denier
Italy’s University of Teramo shut down part of its campus on Friday to block a lecture by a Holocaust denier who had been invited to speak by a professor, the Associated Press reported. The Holocaust denier, Robert Faurisson, is a former French professor who has been convicted repeatedly of violating laws that prohibit the denial of crimes against humanity. Such laws are on the books in several European countries.
He had been invited by Claudio Moffa, a professor of Asian and African history and director of a master’s program in Middle East studies. Mr. Moffa cited academic freedom in defending the invitation. The university first ordered him to withdraw the invitation because Mr. Faurisson’s credentials were academically illegitimate. Later, as protests mounted over the planned speech, the university cited security fears in closing the campus. —Andrew Mytelka
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