'Creative Class' Professor Leaves GMU
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Economist and author Richard Florida, who became a faculty star at George Mason University for his pioneering work on "the creative class," has left the Fairfax County university for a post at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
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Andy Geiger, the Ohio State athletic director, announced his retirement for what he called "burnout," ending a successful but turbulent 11-year tenure.
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Tim Floyd is being hired as Southern California basketball coach, taking the job Rick Majerus accepted then abruptly quit last month.
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By KRISTEN GELINEAU  RICHMOND, Va. - To hear the students tell it, Stephen Murmer is a fun, popular art teacher who is always quick to crack a joke. But there is another side to Murmer. A side that has agitated school officials and resulted in his suspension.
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By Kate Schott, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 16--Elizabeth Hitch announced Thursday she will leave her post as provost at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for a similar position at a college in Utah.
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Grammy-winning percussionist Evelyn Glennie is to return a degree to Exeter University in protest at plans to close its music department.
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The first woman to lead the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge is stepping down as director of one of the nation's leading biological research centers to return full time to her research.
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By Heatwole, Joanna  As a video instructor a few summers ago, I met several art professors who had enrolled in the workshop for a weeklong swig of digital instruction in hopes of steadying themselves against the latest wave of technical demands.
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DePaul University canceled the one remaining class taught by a controversial professor who has accused some Jews of improperly using the legacy of the Holocaust.
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Regis Koundjia, a sophomore forward who recently left the LSU basketball program, appears to be in the process of transferring to GW.
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Burnett Adams figured it was time to get on with his life. The former Boston College basketball player had always regretted not completing his degree when he left BC in 1983. He decided to go back to school 10 months ago.
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President George W. Bush's campaign adviser on courting Catholic voters quit this week after revelations of sexual misconduct with a female student that forced him to resign as a tenured professor at a leading Catholic university where he taught years ago.
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University of Florida coach Billy Donovan has left the college he guided to the past two US titles to guide the Orlando Magic, the National Basketball Association club announced Thursday.
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Academic freedom has never completely protected professors who make unpopular statements. One was fired in 1960 for suggesting that premarital sex among students could be a good thing. Three decades later, a department chair was demoted for saying a Jewish conspiracy denigrated blacks in the movies.
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Weber State football coach Jerry Graybeal has stepped down after a 1-10 season, the worst in the program&#39;s 43-year history. Graybeal informed athletics director William J. Weidner of his decision Tuesday and
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By Ruth Sheehan, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 18--Alittle over a week ago, Cary Academy's head of school, Don Berger, sent out an e-mail message to parents (and students) indicating that a longtime teacher had resigned, effective the previous day -- Dec. 7.
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College sophomore Charis Bridgman tends to keep quiet in class if she thinks her professor might disagree with her Christian-influenced ideas. The 19-year-old says schools such as her Otterbein College in suburban Columbus should be a place for open discussion, but she feels some professors make students afraid to speak up.