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Alumni hope to deny tenure for scholar at Barnard College
Alumni of Barnard College in New York are circulating an online petition asking that tenure for Nadia Abu El-Haj, an assistant professor of anthropology, be denied because of a perceived anti-Semitic bias in her research, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The criticism centers around El-Haj’s recent book, Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society, which argues in part that Israeli archaeologists have themselves produced biased research that bolsters their country’s “origin myth.” The petition has garnered more than 1,000 signatures.

College in Michigan settles lawsuit
Lansing Community College agreed to pay its former attorney $175,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully fired after he accused the college’s president of misspending thousands of dollars, the Lansing State Journal reported. The college admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement, and its president, Judith F. Cardenas, said in a written statement that the college had acted appropriately in firing the former counsel. Cardenas was cleared of wrongdoing by two audits requested by the college’s Board of Trustees.
—Matt Weeks

 
 
 


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