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Leatherman, Courtney – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A convicted criminal, eluding police, has conned dozens of college faculty out of over $200,000 over two years by pretending to be a prominent scholar, calling on colleagues to provide financial assistance to a friend, and offering academic services or personal favors in return. Targeted professors have been in the fields of history, sociology,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Credentials, Crime, Criminals
Leatherman, Courtney – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
In early 1997, over 100 University of California, Hayward faculty members signed a statement of concern about the heavy use of part-time faculty as lecturers. Professors fear that increased use of lecturers threatens tenure, hurts quality of education, and reduces departmental continuity. Part-time faculty are generally treated as a different…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Departments, Developmental Continuity
