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| | An extremely high percentage of professors disagree with [[conservative]] principles, but very few replace them with the discredited philosophy of [[postmodernism]].<ref>Rothman, Stanley, et al. (March 2005). [http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/for.2005.3.1_20120105083450/for.2005.3.1/for.2005.3.1.1067/for.2005.3.1.1067.xml?format=INT "Politics and professional advancement among college faculty"]. ''The Forum'', vol. 3, iss. 1. Abstract retrieved from De Gruyter Online website. $42 Fee required for article access. "90 percent of United States professors called themselves liberal or moderate."</ref> Professors' common value system typically includes [[Opposition to Christianity|anti-Christian politics]], [[censorship]], [[socialism]], unjustified claims of expertise and knowledge (for example, the dogmatic promotion of the theory of [[evolution]]<ref>For example, a $100,000 "environmental" prize was awarded for work on a [[politically correct]] "theory of convergent evolution." [http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20080404-01.2.16&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-environmental+achievement------ "Biology prof. awarded environmental achievement prize"] (April 4, 2008). ''The Stanford Daily'', vol. 233, iss. 30, p. 3. Retrieved from archive at stanforddailyarchive.com website.</ref>), [[liberal]] beliefs, [[liberal grading]], [[liberal bias]],<ref>Melby, Ernest O. and Johnson, K.C. (August 26, 2005). [http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2005/08/26/johnson "Proving the critics' case"]. Inside Higher Ed website/Views.</ref> [[historical revisionism]], anti-patriotism, [[anti-Americanism]], lack of productivity, [[bullying]] or discouraging [[conservative]] students (for example, homeschoolers),<ref>Multiple references: | | An extremely high percentage of professors disagree with [[conservative]] principles, but very few replace them with the discredited philosophy of [[postmodernism]].<ref>Rothman, Stanley, et al. (March 2005). [http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/for.2005.3.1_20120105083450/for.2005.3.1/for.2005.3.1.1067/for.2005.3.1.1067.xml?format=INT "Politics and professional advancement among college faculty"]. ''The Forum'', vol. 3, iss. 1. Abstract retrieved from De Gruyter Online website. $42 Fee required for article access. "90 percent of United States professors called themselves liberal or moderate."</ref> Professors' common value system typically includes [[Opposition to Christianity|anti-Christian politics]], [[censorship]], [[socialism]], unjustified claims of expertise and knowledge (for example, the dogmatic promotion of the theory of [[evolution]]<ref>For example, a $100,000 "environmental" prize was awarded for work on a [[politically correct]] "theory of convergent evolution." [http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford20080404-01.2.16&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-environmental+achievement------ "Biology prof. awarded environmental achievement prize"] (April 4, 2008). ''The Stanford Daily'', vol. 233, iss. 30, p. 3. Retrieved from archive at stanforddailyarchive.com website.</ref>), [[liberal]] beliefs, [[liberal grading]], [[liberal bias]],<ref>Melby, Ernest O. and Johnson, K.C. (August 26, 2005). [http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2005/08/26/johnson "Proving the critics' case"]. Inside Higher Ed website/Views.</ref> [[historical revisionism]], anti-patriotism, [[anti-Americanism]], lack of productivity, [[bullying]] or discouraging [[conservative]] students (for example, homeschoolers),<ref>Multiple references: |
| − | *Millman, Gregory J. (March 23, 2008). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101451.html "Home is where the school is"]. ''The Washington Post'' website/Opinions/Outlook & opinions/Class act. | + | *Millman, Gregory J. (March 23, 2008). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101451.html "Home is where the school is"]. ''The Washington Post'' website/Opinions/Outlook & opinions/Class act. |
| | *Plecnik, John (May 31, 2004). [http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/488/NCliberalbiasagnstcons060104.htm "Liberal bias against campus conservatives"]. ChronWatch.com website. Retrieved from July 23, 2014 archive of Students for Academic Freedom website at Internet Archive.</ref> and promotion of sexual immorality.<ref>Multiple references: | | *Plecnik, John (May 31, 2004). [http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/488/NCliberalbiasagnstcons060104.htm "Liberal bias against campus conservatives"]. ChronWatch.com website. Retrieved from July 23, 2014 archive of Students for Academic Freedom website at Internet Archive.</ref> and promotion of sexual immorality.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *Jablonski, Joe (October 2001). [http://web.archive.org/web/20090708131041/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2001/oct_2001_4.html "Porn studies latest academic fad"]. Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/2001. Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive. | | *Jablonski, Joe (October 2001). [http://web.archive.org/web/20090708131041/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2001/oct_2001_4.html "Porn studies latest academic fad"]. Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/2001. Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive. |
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| | *Klein, Bruce (August 13, 2004). [http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/4112-the-father-of-cryonics-robert-c-w-ettinger/ "The Father of cryonics, Robert C. W. Ettinger"]. LongeCity website/Community/Community resources/Creative. Retrieved May 24, 2009.</ref> [[Isaac Asimov]] was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>Asimov, Isaac (Spring 1982). "Isaac Asimov on science and the Bible". Interview with Paul Kurtz. ''Free Inquiry'' magazine. Quoted at [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me "Quote by Isaac Asimov: 'I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long...'"]. Goodreads website/Isaac Asimov/Quotes/Quotable Quote. Source located by [http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Isaac_Asimov.html Adherents.com] website.</ref> According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html "Cryonics and critics"] (2012). The Cryonics Society website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and cryonics]] | | *Klein, Bruce (August 13, 2004). [http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/4112-the-father-of-cryonics-robert-c-w-ettinger/ "The Father of cryonics, Robert C. W. Ettinger"]. LongeCity website/Community/Community resources/Creative. Retrieved May 24, 2009.</ref> [[Isaac Asimov]] was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>Asimov, Isaac (Spring 1982). "Isaac Asimov on science and the Bible". Interview with Paul Kurtz. ''Free Inquiry'' magazine. Quoted at [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me "Quote by Isaac Asimov: 'I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long...'"]. Goodreads website/Isaac Asimov/Quotes/Quotable Quote. Source located by [http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Isaac_Asimov.html Adherents.com] website.</ref> According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html "Cryonics and critics"] (2012). The Cryonics Society website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and cryonics]] |
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| − | In a [[Zogby]] poll, 58% of [[Americans]] said that the bias of professors is a serious problem, while 39% said it is a "very serious" problem.<ref name="zogby">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717185049/http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1334 "Zogby poll: Most think political bias among college professors a serious problem"] (July 10, 2007). Zogby International website. Retrieved from July 17, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The survey demonstrated further that "an overwhelming majority also believe that job security for college professors leaves them less motivated to do a good job than those professors who do not enjoy a tenured status—65% said they believe non-tenured professors are more motivated to do a good job in the classroom."<ref name="zogby" /> One study in 2008 found that "[[Texas]] university professors overwhelmingly favor [[Democratic]] candidates in their campaign contributions,"<ref>Dunham, Richard and Brendel, Patrick (May 5, 2008). [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5753471.html "Texas professors give to Democrats over GOP 3-to-1"]. ''Houston Chronicle'' website.</ref> and a survey in 2018 found that 88% of Harvard professors thought [[Donald Trump]] did a "very poor" job as President.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (May 3, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/eighty-eight-percent-harvard-faculty-trump-poor-job-president/ Eighty-Eight Percent of Harvard Faculty Say Trump Has Done a ‘Very Poor’ Job as President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.</ref> | + | In a [[Zogby]] poll, 58% of [[Americans]] said that the bias of professors is a serious problem, while 39% said it is a "very serious" problem.<ref name="zogby">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717185049/http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1334 "Zogby poll: Most think political bias among college professors a serious problem"] (July 10, 2007). Zogby International website. Retrieved from July 17, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The survey demonstrated further that "an overwhelming majority also believe that job security for college professors leaves them less motivated to do a good job than those professors who do not enjoy a tenured status—65% said they believe non-tenured professors are more motivated to do a good job in the classroom."<ref name="zogby" /> One study in 2008 found that "[[Texas]] university professors overwhelmingly favor [[Democratic]] candidates in their campaign contributions,"<ref>Dunham, Richard and Brendel, Patrick (May 5, 2008). [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5753471.html "Texas professors give to Democrats over GOP 3-to-1"]. ''Houston Chronicle'' website.</ref> and a survey in 2018 found that 88% of Harvard professors thought [[Donald Trump]] did a "very poor" job as President.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (May 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/eighty-eight-percent-harvard-faculty-trump-poor-job-president/ Eighty-Eight Percent of Harvard Faculty Say Trump Has Done a ‘Very Poor’ Job as President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.</ref> |
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| | Professors rarely engage in wrongdoing while completing research. "About 1,000 potential incidents of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in scientific research go unreported every year, according to a survey that suggests such misconduct is far more prevalent than suspected....[A]bout 22 percent was by a professor or senior scientist."<ref>Lopatto, Elizabeth (June 18, 2006). [http://bazaarmodel.net/phorum/read.php?1,6187 "Scientific fraud may be more widespread than thought, poll says"]. Bloomberg News. Reprinted at Bazaarmodel.net/Phorum/Archive.</ref> | | Professors rarely engage in wrongdoing while completing research. "About 1,000 potential incidents of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in scientific research go unreported every year, according to a survey that suggests such misconduct is far more prevalent than suspected....[A]bout 22 percent was by a professor or senior scientist."<ref>Lopatto, Elizabeth (June 18, 2006). [http://bazaarmodel.net/phorum/read.php?1,6187 "Scientific fraud may be more widespread than thought, poll says"]. Bloomberg News. Reprinted at Bazaarmodel.net/Phorum/Archive.</ref> |
| − | {{cquote| There is no place on earth so close-minded as the modern University. The lack of diversity of thought is unmatched anywhere on earth.<ref>ConservativeArtist (May 10, 2011, 2:38 pm). [http://twitter.com/#!/THEAtheistAnti/status/68067486800678912 "There is no place on earth so close-minded as the modern University. The Lack of diversity of thought is unmatched anywhere on earth."] Tweet by @THEAtheistAnti [known by YouTube user name Atheist Antidote].</ref>}} | + | {{cquote| There is no place on earth so close-minded as the modern University. The lack of diversity of thought is unmatched anywhere on earth.<ref>ConservativeArtist (May 10, 2011, 2:38 pm). [https://twitter.com/#!/THEAtheistAnti/status/68067486800678912 "There is no place on earth so close-minded as the modern University. The Lack of diversity of thought is unmatched anywhere on earth."] Tweet by @THEAtheistAnti [known by YouTube user name Atheist Antidote].</ref>}} |
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| | Presently, there appears to be a higher education bubble that will burst.<ref>Multiple references: | | Presently, there appears to be a higher education bubble that will burst.<ref>Multiple references: |
| − | *"Schumpeter" (April 13, 2011). [http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/04/higher_education "Higher education bubble"]. ''The Economist'' website/Blogs/Schumpeter: Business and management. | + | *"Schumpeter" (April 13, 2011). [https://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/04/higher_education "Higher education bubble"]. ''The Economist'' website/Blogs/Schumpeter: Business and management. |
| | *Vedder, Richard (April 5, 2011). [http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2011/04/05/the-higher-education-bubble/ "The higher education bubble"]. ''Forbes'' website/Sites/CCAP. | | *Vedder, Richard (April 5, 2011). [http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2011/04/05/the-higher-education-bubble/ "The higher education bubble"]. ''Forbes'' website/Sites/CCAP. |
| | *O'Shaughnessy, Lynn (May 3, 2011). [http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-solution/2011/05/03/higher-education-bubble-will-burst "Higher education bubble will burst"]. ''U.S. News and World Report'' website/Education/Blogs/The College Solution.</ref> In addition, college is clearly not delivering the goods in terms of intellectual development for a large percentage of its students. An American study found that forty-five percent of students achieved no significant improvement in their critical thinking, reasoning or writing skills during their first two years of college. After four years, 36 percent displayed no significant increases in these so-called "higher order" thinking skills.<ref>Rimer, Sara (January 18, 2011). [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/18/106949/study-many-college-students-not.html "Study: Many college students not learning to think critically"]. ''The Hechinger Report''. Reprinted at McClatchyDC website/News/Nation-World/National.</ref> Students, particularly those who made poor curriculum choices, are increasingly angry that college does not adequately prepare them for the marketplace and leaves them with a pile of debt.<ref>Vedder, Richard (April 5, 2011). [http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2011/04/05/the-higher-education-bubble/ "The higher education bubble"]. ''Forbes'' website/Sites/CCAP.</ref> | | *O'Shaughnessy, Lynn (May 3, 2011). [http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-solution/2011/05/03/higher-education-bubble-will-burst "Higher education bubble will burst"]. ''U.S. News and World Report'' website/Education/Blogs/The College Solution.</ref> In addition, college is clearly not delivering the goods in terms of intellectual development for a large percentage of its students. An American study found that forty-five percent of students achieved no significant improvement in their critical thinking, reasoning or writing skills during their first two years of college. After four years, 36 percent displayed no significant increases in these so-called "higher order" thinking skills.<ref>Rimer, Sara (January 18, 2011). [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/18/106949/study-many-college-students-not.html "Study: Many college students not learning to think critically"]. ''The Hechinger Report''. Reprinted at McClatchyDC website/News/Nation-World/National.</ref> Students, particularly those who made poor curriculum choices, are increasingly angry that college does not adequately prepare them for the marketplace and leaves them with a pile of debt.<ref>Vedder, Richard (April 5, 2011). [http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2011/04/05/the-higher-education-bubble/ "The higher education bubble"]. ''Forbes'' website/Sites/CCAP.</ref> |
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| | *(''Main articles: [[University of Alabama shootings]] and [[Amy Bishop]]'') A [[University of Alabama]] [[biology]] professor, [[Amy Bishop]], was arrested for shooting three fellow faculty members after being denied tenure.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585682,00.html "Motive in question as professor faces murder charge in Alabama campus shooting"] (February 13, 2010). Fox News website.</ref> Bishop has been described by her students as "a [[socialist]]".<ref>"Half Sigma" [a.k.a. "Lion"] (February 14, 2010). [http://halfsigma.typepad.com/half_sigma/2010/02/amy-bishop-story-gets-even-weirder.html "Amy Bishop story gets even weirder"]. Half Sigma blog. Archival blog of later [http://lionoftheblogosphere.wordpress.com/ Lion of the Blogosphere], retrieved February 25, 2016.</ref> | | *(''Main articles: [[University of Alabama shootings]] and [[Amy Bishop]]'') A [[University of Alabama]] [[biology]] professor, [[Amy Bishop]], was arrested for shooting three fellow faculty members after being denied tenure.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585682,00.html "Motive in question as professor faces murder charge in Alabama campus shooting"] (February 13, 2010). Fox News website.</ref> Bishop has been described by her students as "a [[socialist]]".<ref>"Half Sigma" [a.k.a. "Lion"] (February 14, 2010). [http://halfsigma.typepad.com/half_sigma/2010/02/amy-bishop-story-gets-even-weirder.html "Amy Bishop story gets even weirder"]. Half Sigma blog. Archival blog of later [http://lionoftheblogosphere.wordpress.com/ Lion of the Blogosphere], retrieved February 25, 2016.</ref> |
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| − | *A Goucher College professor, Leopold Munyakaz, is "accused of [[genocide]] in his native [[Rwanda]] [and was] arrested on suspicion of [[illegal alien|being illegally]] in the United States, U.S. immigration authorities said."<ref>Silverman, Elissa (February 6, 2009). [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020504117.html "Rwandan professor arrested in visa offense"]. ''The Washington Post'' website/Metro.</ref> | + | *A Goucher College professor, Leopold Munyakaz, is "accused of [[genocide]] in his native [[Rwanda]] [and was] arrested on suspicion of [[illegal alien|being illegally]] in the United States, U.S. immigration authorities said."<ref>Silverman, Elissa (February 6, 2009). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020504117.html "Rwandan professor arrested in visa offense"]. ''The Washington Post'' website/Metro.</ref> |
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| | *Brandon Millay, 41, a professor at Owensboro Community & Technical College, was indicted on Dec. 2, 2008, on [[steroid]] distribution charges.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20081226081817/http://www.news25.us/dsp_story.cfm?storyid=10071 "Grand jury indicts four Owensboro men on steroid distribution charges"] (December 4, 2008). News 25 - WEHT website. Retrieved from December 26, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | | *Brandon Millay, 41, a professor at Owensboro Community & Technical College, was indicted on Dec. 2, 2008, on [[steroid]] distribution charges.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20081226081817/http://www.news25.us/dsp_story.cfm?storyid=10071 "Grand jury indicts four Owensboro men on steroid distribution charges"] (December 4, 2008). News 25 - WEHT website. Retrieved from December 26, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |
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| | * [[Arkansas]] Tech University chemistry professor Albert Snow, 33 years old, was sentenced to 10 years in jail "on a charge he stalked a person he believed was a teenage girl on the Internet ... Snow was arrested in January 2007 after showing up at a Russellville apartment complex where police say he expected to meet a 15-year-old girl."<ref>Associated Press (January 7, 2007). [http://www.newson6.com/story/7651403/arkansas-tech-chemistry-teacher-arrested-on-stalking-charge "Arkansas Tech chemistry teacher arrested on stalking charge"]. NewsOn6.com website.</ref> | | * [[Arkansas]] Tech University chemistry professor Albert Snow, 33 years old, was sentenced to 10 years in jail "on a charge he stalked a person he believed was a teenage girl on the Internet ... Snow was arrested in January 2007 after showing up at a Russellville apartment complex where police say he expected to meet a 15-year-old girl."<ref>Associated Press (January 7, 2007). [http://www.newson6.com/story/7651403/arkansas-tech-chemistry-teacher-arrested-on-stalking-charge "Arkansas Tech chemistry teacher arrested on stalking charge"]. NewsOn6.com website.</ref> |
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| − | * At Northern [[Kentucky]] University, language and literature professor Sally Jacobsen incited some of her students to vandalize a [[pro-life]] display by Northern Right to Life, the campus pro-life group. Jacobsen herself also participated in the vandalism, which involved destroying rows of white crosses symbolizing the graves of aborted children. Jacobsen justified the vandalism as free speech, stating, "I did, outside of class during the break, invite students to express their freedom-of-speech rights to destroy the display if they wished to." Jacobsen was unrepentant until given the choice of facing criminal charges of theft, criminal mischief and criminal solicitation or apologizing. She chose the latter and also paid Northern Right to Life for damage to the display. Jacobsen was suspended by the university and subsequently retired.<ref>Ertelt, Stephen (May 7, 2008). [http://www.lifenews.com/state3207.html "University of Wisconsin student govt leader vandalizes pro-life display"]. LifeNews.com website.</ref> | + | * At Northern [[Kentucky]] University, language and literature professor Sally Jacobsen incited some of her students to vandalize a [[pro-life]] display by Northern Right to Life, the campus pro-life group. Jacobsen herself also participated in the vandalism, which involved destroying rows of white crosses symbolizing the graves of aborted children. Jacobsen justified the vandalism as free speech, stating, "I did, outside of class during the break, invite students to express their freedom-of-speech rights to destroy the display if they wished to." Jacobsen was unrepentant until given the choice of facing criminal charges of theft, criminal mischief and criminal solicitation or apologizing. She chose the latter and also paid Northern Right to Life for damage to the display. Jacobsen was suspended by the university and subsequently retired.<ref>Ertelt, Stephen (May 7, 2008). [https://www.lifenews.com/state3207.html "University of Wisconsin student govt leader vandalizes pro-life display"]. LifeNews.com website.</ref> |
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| | * [[College of New Jersey]] adjunct professor of engineering Bruce R. McKenna, 43, "surrendered to authorities after allegedly having sexually explicit conversations with an undercover officer posing as a teenage girl." He was "charged with six counts of attempting to endanger the welfare of a child, six counts of attempted sexual contact, sexual assault and attempted luring. ... Before McKenna was arrested, the situation escalated to the point where the professor was allegedly trying to meet with a 13-year-old girl."<ref>McKenna, Bruce R. (August 13, 2008). [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2008/08/a_south_jersey_man_who.html "Part-time professor accused of trying to lure 'child' over internet"]. ''The Times of Trenton''. Republished at Nj.com website/Mercer County.</ref> | | * [[College of New Jersey]] adjunct professor of engineering Bruce R. McKenna, 43, "surrendered to authorities after allegedly having sexually explicit conversations with an undercover officer posing as a teenage girl." He was "charged with six counts of attempting to endanger the welfare of a child, six counts of attempted sexual contact, sexual assault and attempted luring. ... Before McKenna was arrested, the situation escalated to the point where the professor was allegedly trying to meet with a 13-year-old girl."<ref>McKenna, Bruce R. (August 13, 2008). [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2008/08/a_south_jersey_man_who.html "Part-time professor accused of trying to lure 'child' over internet"]. ''The Times of Trenton''. Republished at Nj.com website/Mercer County.</ref> |
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| | * [[Villanova University]] professor Edward R. Ritter was arrested on March 21, 2008, and charged with selling marijuana to undercover police officers, and a subsequent search of his home uncovered 19 bags of marijuana.<ref>Colimore, Edward (March 22, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080327190707/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20080322_Villanova_professor_arrested_on_drug_charges.html "Villanova professor arrested on drug charges"]. Philly.com website/''Philidelphia Inquirer''/Local. Retrieved from March 27, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | | * [[Villanova University]] professor Edward R. Ritter was arrested on March 21, 2008, and charged with selling marijuana to undercover police officers, and a subsequent search of his home uncovered 19 bags of marijuana.<ref>Colimore, Edward (March 22, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080327190707/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20080322_Villanova_professor_arrested_on_drug_charges.html "Villanova professor arrested on drug charges"]. Philly.com website/''Philidelphia Inquirer''/Local. Retrieved from March 27, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |
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| − | * [[Kansas State University]] English professor Thomas Murray was a popular teacher, but he was convicted of murdering his ex-wife with 17 stab wounds and blunt trauma to her head. She "was found dead in her bedroom atop a dresser."<ref name="ctv">Martinez, Andres (February 21, 2005). [http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/21/murray.background/ "Popular Kansas professor on trial for wife's murder"]. CourtTV website. Republished at CNN.com/2005/Law center.</ref> Professor Murray had written several books, including "The Language of Sadomasochism."<ref name="ctv" /> He did not testify in his defense and spoke only at sentencing, where he called the state's case a "fairy tale."<ref>Associated Press (January 18, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20111103205617/http://www.kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=5892 "Thomas Murray's murder conviction upheld"]. Republished at Kansas Public Radio website/News. Retrieved from November 3, 2011 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | + | * [[Kansas State University]] English professor Thomas Murray was a popular teacher, but he was convicted of murdering his ex-wife with 17 stab wounds and blunt trauma to her head. She "was found dead in her bedroom atop a dresser."<ref name="ctv">Martinez, Andres (February 21, 2005). [https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/21/murray.background/ "Popular Kansas professor on trial for wife's murder"]. CourtTV website. Republished at CNN.com/2005/Law center.</ref> Professor Murray had written several books, including "The Language of Sadomasochism."<ref name="ctv" /> He did not testify in his defense and spoke only at sentencing, where he called the state's case a "fairy tale."<ref>Associated Press (January 18, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20111103205617/http://www.kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=5892 "Thomas Murray's murder conviction upheld"]. Republished at Kansas Public Radio website/News. Retrieved from November 3, 2011 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |
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| | * Shortly after the end of the school year and his contract, [[Marshall University]] Psychiatry associate professor John M. Adams burglarized and murdered Bobby Burns on July 2, 2003, and then kidnapped two women and forced them to drive him across the [[Ohio River]].<ref>Associated Press (July 29, 2004). [http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/07/29/loc_ohprofessor29.html "Former professor convicted of murder"]. ''Cincinnati Enquirer'' website.</ref> | | * Shortly after the end of the school year and his contract, [[Marshall University]] Psychiatry associate professor John M. Adams burglarized and murdered Bobby Burns on July 2, 2003, and then kidnapped two women and forced them to drive him across the [[Ohio River]].<ref>Associated Press (July 29, 2004). [http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/07/29/loc_ohprofessor29.html "Former professor convicted of murder"]. ''Cincinnati Enquirer'' website.</ref> |
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| | *American history professor at the [[Massachusetts]] College of Art, Noel Ignatiev says, “If you are a white male, you don’t deserve to live...."<ref>Fernando, Ivan (November 18, 2013). [http://diversitychronicle.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/progressive-professor-urges-white-male-students-to-commit-suicide-during-class/ "Progressive professor urges white male students to commit suicide during class"]. Diversity Chronicle website.</ref> | | *American history professor at the [[Massachusetts]] College of Art, Noel Ignatiev says, “If you are a white male, you don’t deserve to live...."<ref>Fernando, Ivan (November 18, 2013). [http://diversitychronicle.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/progressive-professor-urges-white-male-students-to-commit-suicide-during-class/ "Progressive professor urges white male students to commit suicide during class"]. Diversity Chronicle website.</ref> |
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| − | *Associate Professor David Guth of the [[University of Kansas]] [[journalism]] school says that [[NRA]] family members' children should die in the next [[mass shooting]] as divine retribution.<ref>Soave, Robby (September 19, 2013). [http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/19/hateful-prof-says-nra-members-children-should-be-next-to-die-in-mass-shooting/ "Hateful prof says NRA members’ children should be next to die in mass shooting"]. The Daily Caller website.</ref> | + | *Associate Professor David Guth of the [[University of Kansas]] [[journalism]] school says that [[NRA]] family members' children should die in the next [[mass shooting]] as divine retribution.<ref>Soave, Robby (September 19, 2013). [https://dailycaller.com/2013/09/19/hateful-prof-says-nra-members-children-should-be-next-to-die-in-mass-shooting/ "Hateful prof says NRA members’ children should be next to die in mass shooting"]. The Daily Caller website.</ref> |
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| − | *Professor Hugo Schwyzer of Pasadena City College near [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He is married with two children and admits to having affairs with students. Also, he sought sexual relationships with porn actors and actresses who were invited to speak to his class.<ref>Soave, Robby (September 9, 2013). [http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/09/porn-prof-admits-to-having-sex-with-students-wants-disability-pay/#ixzz2eS1Swd00 "Porn prof admits to having sex with students, wants disability pay"]. The Daily Caller website.</ref> | + | *Professor Hugo Schwyzer of Pasadena City College near [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He is married with two children and admits to having affairs with students. Also, he sought sexual relationships with porn actors and actresses who were invited to speak to his class.<ref>Soave, Robby (September 9, 2013). [https://dailycaller.com/2013/09/09/porn-prof-admits-to-having-sex-with-students-wants-disability-pay/#ixzz2eS1Swd00 "Porn prof admits to having sex with students, wants disability pay"]. The Daily Caller website.</ref> |
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| | *April 2011, [[University of Iowa]] professor Ellen Lewin who studies same-sex relationships was upset by an email from a campus [[Republican]] group. She hit reply-all on her email with the comment "F--- you, Republicans."<ref>Caulfield, Philip (April 21, 2011). [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/iowa-professor-ellen-lewin-fire-vulgar-email-telling-college-republicans-f-article-1.113918 "Iowa professor, Ellen Lewin, under fire for vulgar email telling college Republicans: 'F--- YOU!'"], ''New York Daily News'' [New York City] website/News/National.</ref> | | *April 2011, [[University of Iowa]] professor Ellen Lewin who studies same-sex relationships was upset by an email from a campus [[Republican]] group. She hit reply-all on her email with the comment "F--- you, Republicans."<ref>Caulfield, Philip (April 21, 2011). [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/iowa-professor-ellen-lewin-fire-vulgar-email-telling-college-republicans-f-article-1.113918 "Iowa professor, Ellen Lewin, under fire for vulgar email telling college Republicans: 'F--- YOU!'"], ''New York Daily News'' [New York City] website/News/National.</ref> |
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| | * When student Rebecca Beach circulated an email at Warren Community College in [[New Jersey]] disclosing that decorated [[Iraq war]] hero Lt. Col. Scott Rutter would be visiting, English professor John Daly replied: "Real freedom will come when soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors." Young America's Foundation later placed Beech on [[Fox News]]'s ''[[Hannity and Colmes]]'' to expose this and other intolerant e-mail. The resulting outrage ultimately forced Daly to resign and for the president to issue an apology, stating that faculty would now be required to undergo [[free speech]] sensitivity training from now on.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47461 "Prof urges fragging of U.S. officers"] (November 18, 2005). WorldNetDaily website.</ref> | | * When student Rebecca Beach circulated an email at Warren Community College in [[New Jersey]] disclosing that decorated [[Iraq war]] hero Lt. Col. Scott Rutter would be visiting, English professor John Daly replied: "Real freedom will come when soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors." Young America's Foundation later placed Beech on [[Fox News]]'s ''[[Hannity and Colmes]]'' to expose this and other intolerant e-mail. The resulting outrage ultimately forced Daly to resign and for the president to issue an apology, stating that faculty would now be required to undergo [[free speech]] sensitivity training from now on.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47461 "Prof urges fragging of U.S. officers"] (November 18, 2005). WorldNetDaily website.</ref> |
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| − | *[[Ward Churchill]] was fired from the [[University of Colorado]] for fabricating his research and for plagiarizing the work of others. He had falsely claimed to be of [[Native American]] descent in applying for the post. Previously, he had infamously insulted the victims of [[9/11]] as 'Little [[Adolf Eichmann|Eichmann]]s.'<ref>Churchill, Ward (September 12, 2001). [http://books.google.com/books?id=PDDIgWRN_HQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+9/11+encyclopedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-8YHry6rLAhUJ3WMKHVjgD2MQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=eichmanns&f=false "Some people push back: On the justice of roosting chickens"]. ''Dark Night Field Notes, Pockets of Resistance'', no. 11. Republished in Atkins, Stephen E, ed. (2011). ''The 9/11 Encyclopedia'', 2nd ed. (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio), pp. 811-14+</ref> | + | *[[Ward Churchill]] was fired from the [[University of Colorado]] for fabricating his research and for plagiarizing the work of others. He had falsely claimed to be of [[Native American]] descent in applying for the post. Previously, he had infamously insulted the victims of [[9/11]] as 'Little [[Adolf Eichmann|Eichmann]]s.'<ref>Churchill, Ward (September 12, 2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=PDDIgWRN_HQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+9/11+encyclopedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-8YHry6rLAhUJ3WMKHVjgD2MQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=eichmanns&f=false "Some people push back: On the justice of roosting chickens"]. ''Dark Night Field Notes, Pockets of Resistance'', no. 11. Republished in Atkins, Stephen E, ed. (2011). ''The 9/11 Encyclopedia'', 2nd ed. (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio), pp. 811-14+</ref> |
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| | *[[Richard Lenski]] of [[Michigan State University]] was rude and demeaning when replying to a member of the public who asked about his research. | | *[[Richard Lenski]] of [[Michigan State University]] was rude and demeaning when replying to a member of the public who asked about his research. |
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| | *When challenged to provide data, professors who push [[evolution]]ism on the public evade the question.<ref>See [[Conservapedia:Lenski dialog|Lenski dialog (original sources).]]</ref> | | *When challenged to provide data, professors who push [[evolution]]ism on the public evade the question.<ref>See [[Conservapedia:Lenski dialog|Lenski dialog (original sources).]]</ref> |
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| − | *Madonna Constantine, a [[New York City]] [[Columbia University]] professor claimed she was the victim of [[racism]] in the fall of 2007 when a noose was found on her office door. She was later fired for plagiarizing the work of other professors and even her own students.<ref>Rao, Mythili (June 26, 2008). [http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/25/plagiarism.professor/ "Professor in noose case fired for plagiarism"]. CNN website/2008/U.S.</ref> | + | *Madonna Constantine, a [[New York City]] [[Columbia University]] professor claimed she was the victim of [[racism]] in the fall of 2007 when a noose was found on her office door. She was later fired for plagiarizing the work of other professors and even her own students.<ref>Rao, Mythili (June 26, 2008). [https://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/25/plagiarism.professor/ "Professor in noose case fired for plagiarism"]. CNN website/2008/U.S.</ref> |
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| | *Vulgar and viciously bigoted anti-religion (mainly [[Christianity]]) [[University of Minnesota]] Morris professor and blogger [[Paul Zachary Myers|PZ Myers]] infamously raised the hackles of Catholics by stating his desire to desecrate a Holy Communion wafer (viewed by Catholics as the Body of Christ).<ref>Donohue, Bill (July 10, 2008). [http://www.catholicleague.org/minnesota-prof-pledges-to-desecrate-eucharist/ "Minnesota prof pledges to desecrate Eucharist"]. Catholic League website.</ref> The resultant outcry from Catholics resulted in the university removing all links to Myers' blog from their website.<ref>Donohue, Bill (July 11, 2008). [http://www.catholicleague.org/hysteria-marks-myers-and-his-ilk/ "Hysteria marks Myers and his ilk"]. Catholic League website.</ref> Myers has also stated that he is looking forward to the death of [[George W. Bush]] so he can travel to [[Texas]] and urinate on Bush's grave.<ref>Myers, PZ (February 12, 2010). [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/12/nooooooo-1 "Nooooooo!"]. ScienceBlogs website/Pharyngula blog.</ref> | | *Vulgar and viciously bigoted anti-religion (mainly [[Christianity]]) [[University of Minnesota]] Morris professor and blogger [[Paul Zachary Myers|PZ Myers]] infamously raised the hackles of Catholics by stating his desire to desecrate a Holy Communion wafer (viewed by Catholics as the Body of Christ).<ref>Donohue, Bill (July 10, 2008). [http://www.catholicleague.org/minnesota-prof-pledges-to-desecrate-eucharist/ "Minnesota prof pledges to desecrate Eucharist"]. Catholic League website.</ref> The resultant outcry from Catholics resulted in the university removing all links to Myers' blog from their website.<ref>Donohue, Bill (July 11, 2008). [http://www.catholicleague.org/hysteria-marks-myers-and-his-ilk/ "Hysteria marks Myers and his ilk"]. Catholic League website.</ref> Myers has also stated that he is looking forward to the death of [[George W. Bush]] so he can travel to [[Texas]] and urinate on Bush's grave.<ref>Myers, PZ (February 12, 2010). [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/12/nooooooo-1 "Nooooooo!"]. ScienceBlogs website/Pharyngula blog.</ref> |
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| | *Ham, Ken (August 16, 2009). [http://answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2009/08/16/children-and-the-creation-museum/ "Children and the Creation Museum"]. Answers in Genesis website/Blogs/Ken Ham. | | *Ham, Ken (August 16, 2009). [http://answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2009/08/16/children-and-the-creation-museum/ "Children and the Creation Museum"]. Answers in Genesis website/Blogs/Ken Ham. |
| | *Powell, Devin (August 15, 2009). [http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/53237252.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ "A firebrand visits Creation Museum"]. *StarTribune [Minneapolis, Minnesota] website. | | *Powell, Devin (August 15, 2009). [http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/53237252.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ "A firebrand visits Creation Museum"]. *StarTribune [Minneapolis, Minnesota] website. |
| − | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQl2TMrgbM "PZ Myers riding the triceratops at The Creation Museum"] (August 8, 2009). YouTube video, 2:24, posted by eveningcoconut76.</ref> | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQl2TMrgbM "PZ Myers riding the triceratops at The Creation Museum"] (August 8, 2009). YouTube video, 2:24, posted by eveningcoconut76.</ref> |
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| | *A [[Boston University]] professor was dismissed after sexually harassing a colleague and several students. In his defense, he claimed his medication made him do it.<ref>English, Bella (April 5, 1995). [http://ssristories.net/archive/show7004.html?item=2793 "Blame game hits new low"]. ''Boston Globe''/Metro, 3rd edition, p. 21. Republished at Antidepressant Nightmares website/Archive.</ref> | | *A [[Boston University]] professor was dismissed after sexually harassing a colleague and several students. In his defense, he claimed his medication made him do it.<ref>English, Bella (April 5, 1995). [http://ssristories.net/archive/show7004.html?item=2793 "Blame game hits new low"]. ''Boston Globe''/Metro, 3rd edition, p. 21. Republished at Antidepressant Nightmares website/Archive.</ref> |
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| − | "Throughout the whole wide range and diversity of human experience, with the sole exception of the West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the world of nature has been alive with, and immersed within, a supernatural world which everywhere made contact with it, although was transcendent to it. It is this whole dimension of reality which the scientific age has lost the capacity to experience or know. An age such as ours which has lost a genuine capacity for knowing and responding to some great segment of reality is actually, without knowing it, in a dark age.... We really have lost a genuine capacity which the rest of mankind has possessed and actively exercised, and we have become a people trapped and in bondage within the prison of space, time, and matter....'''It is primarily the business of the university...to maintain the imprisonment of our time. It saddens me to see a new generation being <u>victimized</u> by this all pervasive spirit of the epoch."'''<ref>Sloan, Douglas (1994). [http://books.google.com/books?id=VpafCAIMCowC ''Faith and Knowledge''] (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press), p. 194. ISBN 0664228666, ISBN 9780664228668, 272 pages. See [[Westminster John Knox Press]].</ref> | + | "Throughout the whole wide range and diversity of human experience, with the sole exception of the West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the world of nature has been alive with, and immersed within, a supernatural world which everywhere made contact with it, although was transcendent to it. It is this whole dimension of reality which the scientific age has lost the capacity to experience or know. An age such as ours which has lost a genuine capacity for knowing and responding to some great segment of reality is actually, without knowing it, in a dark age.... We really have lost a genuine capacity which the rest of mankind has possessed and actively exercised, and we have become a people trapped and in bondage within the prison of space, time, and matter....'''It is primarily the business of the university...to maintain the imprisonment of our time. It saddens me to see a new generation being <u>victimized</u> by this all pervasive spirit of the epoch."'''<ref>Sloan, Douglas (1994). [https://books.google.com/books?id=VpafCAIMCowC ''Faith and Knowledge''] (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press), p. 194. ISBN 0664228666, ISBN 9780664228668, 272 pages. See [[Westminster John Knox Press]].</ref> |
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