BoingBoing: Video: apparently-baked biz school prof who was soon fired
He does ramble, but he’s far more entertaining than any of the business school professors I ever sat through.
Toronto Star: Pot-smoking prof lights up a room
For years, University of Toronto Professor Doug Hutchinson smoked pot in his office.
Sometimes he’d hide behind garbage dumpsters or even climb trees to use the drug, which he said he needs to alleviate the pain from an undisclosed medical condition.
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Daily Reflector: Message left at scene of Overlook Drive fires: ECU professor’s vehicle is one of two burned
“Wrong house sorry.”
The phrase, sloppily scribbled in blue paint, stained the sidewalk leading to the front stoop of the North Overlook Drive home Chris Belfiore and his East Carolina University roommates rent.
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The Guardian: Lecturers to get counselling helpline
The first dedicated national counselling telephone support line for university and college lecturers is being set up to meet an increased demand for such a service.
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Inside Higher Ed: Faculty Moderates
New analysis suggests that the biggest trend in professorial politics is a shift to the center in many disciplines
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UCU: Over 50s have lowest morale and are most keen to quit academe
Age discrimination is rife across our universities. Staff aged over 50 are the unhappiest in their jobs and almost half (43 per cent) would quit now if they could.
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