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Tenured professorships in decline nationwide, U. defies trend

The Daily Princetonian

Tenured professorships in decline nationwide, U. defies trend

Ruby Shao

Tenure is declining in higher education across the country: while over 78.3 percent of faculty held tenure-track or tenured positions nationally in 1969, only 33.5 percent did so by 2009, according to a reportpublished by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. The University, however, is not following the national trend.

NEWS | 10/23/2014

News & Note: Rutgers School of Law report claims Hurricane Sandy voting measures illegal

The Daily Princetonian

News & Note: Rutgers School of Law report claims Hurricane Sandy voting measures illegal

Daily Princetonian Staff

A report released on Thursday by the Rutgers School of Law-Newark concluded the stop-gap measures intended to allow people to vote in the days after Hurricane Sandy violated state law, according to NJ Advance Media. Those measures included allowing people to cast ballots by email and led to mass confusion, according to the report. “Emergency measures such as Internet and fax voting not only violated New Jersey law, but also left votes vulnerable to online hacking,” the report said.

NEWS | 10/23/2014

News & Notes: In ongoing case of academic fraud, UNC Chapel Hill administrators fired

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: In ongoing case of academic fraud, UNC Chapel Hill administrators fired

Daily Princetonian Staff

Two administrators perpetuated widespread academic fraud at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill within an academic department consisting of various athletic teams, according to a report published on Wednesday. The report details how students –many of them athletes –in the University’s African and Afro-American studies department were able to take no-show courses and earn passing grades for doing little to no work, ensuring their eligibility to compete. UNC Chapel Hill hired former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein, now a partner at the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, to investigate the matter. The two administrators in question, former department chairman Julius Nyang’oro and retired administrator Deborah Crowder, decided to cooperate with Wainstein to produce the most detailed examination yet after criminal charges were dropped against them earlier this year. So far, nine employees have been dismissed or disciplined in connection to the investigation, which started years ago.

NEWS | 10/23/2014
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Theft charge against professor dismissed in exchange for community service

The Daily Princetonian

Theft charge against professor dismissed in exchange for community service

Jacob Donnelly

A Princeton municipal court judge dismissed on Monday a charge of theft against operations research and financial engineering professor John Mulvey on the condition that Mulvey perform 120 hours of community service. Mulvey was accused of removing lawn signs belonging to Princeton Computer Tutor and Repairsfrom private properties over the course of about a year. The allegedly stolen signs were listed as valued at $470.82. Ted Horodynsky, president of Princeton Computer Tutor and Repairs, set up several cameras and filmed Mulvey taking the signs twice in July.

NEWS | 10/21/2014

U. creates new position to market research amid lawsuit over tax exemption

The Daily Princetonian

U. creates new position to market research amid lawsuit over tax exemption

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The announcement that the University’s Office of Technology Licensingestablishedthe position of executive in residence to help commercialize its research comes in the midst of alawsuitagainst the University regarding its tax-exempt status. Local plaintiffs, who filed the suit in 2011, cite the University’s commercialized research revenue as a reason to increase its tax duties, leading some community members to interpret the creation of the new position as a recognition of the University’s corporate priorities. Although the University does not pay taxes on most of its property, it spends about$10 million a yearon taxes for nonexempt properties and voluntarily pays taxes on some graduate student housing, making it the largest tax contributor in town. “They’re being sued in a nationally renowned lawsuit over abusing tax-exempt privileges,” the plaintiffs’ representative and Princeton-based lawyer Bruce Afran said of the University.

NEWS | 10/21/2014

150 students invited to meet the Dalai Lama

The Daily Princetonian

150 students invited to meet the Dalai Lama

Zaynab Zaman

Following the Dalai Lama’s public speech at the University on Oct. 28, there will be a private, invitation-only event with him for selected students, faculty and staff. Around 150 students have been invited by the Office of Religious Life, which is organizing the 90-minute private meeting together withThe Kalmyk Three Jewels Foundation. Though the Dalai Lama has toured college campuses before, this personal interaction with students is a unique event, Dean of the Office of Religious Life Alison Boden said.

NEWS | 10/21/2014

USG discusses representation of women in officer positions

The Daily Princetonian

USG discusses representation of women in officer positions

Zaynab Zaman

Members of the Undergraduate Student Government discussed strategies for increasing the representation of women in USG and strengthening communication between officers and students in the weekly Senate meeting Sunday. Discussion revolved around both the lack of women running for elected positions in USG and the low number of female members currently in USG.

NEWS | 10/19/2014

Professors say repeal of grade deflation will have little effect on grading

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Professors say repeal of grade deflation will have little effect on grading

Christina Vosbikian

Most professors do not think the repeal of the grade deflation policy will have a marked effect on their grading, according to close to 50 interviews conducted by The Daily Princetonian in the days since the faculty voted to strike down the policy. While grading may not be affected, a slight majority of professors across multiple disciplines said they agreed with the conclusions of the Faculty Committee on Grading’s report.

NEWS | 10/19/2014

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