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May 11, 2011

CUNY Trustees Stand Up Against Faculty's Anti-Israel Sentiments - In Vain

NYAS

A statement of NAS's affiliate the New York Association of Scholars on the Kushner controversy.

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May 11, 2011

A Meeting of the Minds for Higher Ed Reform

Ashley Thorne

A Pope Center event brings together a plurality of views to find common goals for higher education reform.

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May 9, 2011

Peter Wood: Kushner a "PC Trifecta"

Ashley Thorne

In the Chronicle's blog Innovations, NAS president Peter Wood weighs in on the controversy over the CUNY board's decision not to award Tony Kushner an honorary degree. Kushner has received 1......

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May 9, 2011

Think You've Got It Tough? Not As Bad As Female Academics

Glenn Ricketts

At least that's what you'd think if you didn't read anything besides the Chronicle of Higher Education or its online counterpart, Inside Higher Education. I've long lost count of the......

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May 9, 2011

CUNY Faculty Union on Kushner: "What, Me Worry?"

Mitchell Langbert

A controversy is raging concerning CUNY Trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld's objections to John Jay College's proposal to grant an honorary degree to playwright Tony Kushner.

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