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Replaced the College Board source (they do the SATs and have an internal non-exhaustive database of colleges) with stats from the National Center for Educational Statistics, which is more reliable.
*[[Bob Kerrey]]
*[[Bob Kerrey]]
* [[Tony Blair]]
* [[Tony Blair]]
There are about 3850 colleges and universities in the United States,<ref>http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/adv_typeofschool.jsp</ref> and perhaps 250,000 professors; however, some believe that a disproportionately large number of them are responsible for crimes and other immoral conduct.
There are about 4276 colleges and universities in the United States, and over 1,200,000 professors;<ref>National Center for Educational Statistics, "Table 178, Historical Summary of faculty, students, degrees, and finances in degree-granting institutions: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2005-06" [http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/tables/dt07_178.asp?referrer=list]</ref> however, some believe that a disproportionately large number of them are responsible for crimes and other immoral conduct.
== Crimes by Professors ==
== Crimes by Professors ==
* [[University of Wisconsin]] adjunct professor Victor M. Zamudio-Taylor resigned after being charged with viewing child-pornography in a campus computer laboratory.<ref>http://badgerherald.com/news/2002/03/19/uwmilwaukee_professo.php</ref>
* [[University of Wisconsin]] adjunct professor Victor M. Zamudio-Taylor resigned after being charged with viewing child-pornography in a campus computer laboratory.<ref>http://badgerherald.com/news/2002/03/19/uwmilwaukee_professo.php</ref>
* A [[British]] university professor was gaoled for ten months for plotting to defraud a hospital trust. <ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010626/ai_n14398964</ref>
* A [[British]] university professor was jailed for ten months for plotting to defraud a hospital trust. <ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010626/ai_n14398964</ref>
* [[French]] [[Marxist]] [[structuralist]] [[philosopher]] Professor [[Louis Althusser]] (1918-1990) killed his wife in 1980 and was afterwards confined to a psychiatric hospital.
* [[French]] [[Marxist]] [[structuralist]] [[philosopher]] Professor [[Louis Althusser]] (1918-1990) killed his wife in 1980 and was afterwards confined to a psychiatric hospital.