Academics articles
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Sonoma State president put on leave for 'insubordination' for supporting Israel academic boycott, divestment
The president of Sonoma State University was placed on leave Wednesday, a day after he released a controversial campuswide message on the Israel-Hamas war that said the university would pursue "divestment strategies" and endorsed an academic boycott of Israeli universities. California State University Chancellor Mildred García announced the decision in a statement posted to the CSU website, saying that Sonoma State President Mike Lee was taken off the job for his "insubordination" in making the...
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'Maximum chaos.' UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests
The union representing 48,000 graduate student teaching assistants, researchers and other student workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses has voted to authorize a strike and cause "maximum chaos," alleging that its workers' rights have been violated at several universities by actions against pro-Palestinian protests, union leaders announced Wednesday evening. The walkouts, which are still being planned, were approved by 79% of the 19,780 members of the United Auto Workers Local...
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Two DEI deans hired by MIT in wake of 2020 racial reckoning are serial plagiarists who passed off huge chunks of other academics' work as their own, lawsuit alleges
A recently filed complaint notified MIT, Northeastern & BC of the accusations. The deans are among a list DEI professionals now accused of plagiarism