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Line 178: − − *Thirty-two hundred educators, most of them [[professors]], signed a letter supporting unrepentant domestic [[terrorist]] and fellow professor [[William Ayers]] ([[William_Ayers#Obama.2C_the_Annenberg_Challenge.2C_ACORN_and_the_Woods_Fund|a protege of Obama]]. They claimed Ayers' bombing of the [[Pentagon]] and other [[government]] buildings, his direct involvement in at least three deaths, were just "history." Notable signers included Professor Rashid Khalidi (No. 5), known for his call to destroy [[Israel]], and the above-mentioned [[Ward Churchill]] (No. 814). George Leef, director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, Raleigh, N.C., said, "History should be important to teachers." <ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/22/academics-sign-pro-ayers-petition/ More Than 3,000 Academics Sign Pro-Ayers Petition] [[Fox News]], October 22, 2008</ref>
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==Immoral, Unethical, or Bizarre Behavior==
==Immoral, Unethical, or Bizarre Behavior==
*Thirty-two hundred educators, most of them [[professors]], signed a letter supporting unrepentant domestic [[terrorist]] and fellow professor [[William Ayers]] ([[William_Ayers#Obama.2C_the_Annenberg_Challenge.2C_ACORN_and_the_Woods_Fund|a protege of Obama]]. They claimed Ayers' bombing of the [[Pentagon]] and other [[government]] buildings, his direct involvement in at least three deaths, were just "history." Notable signers included Professor Rashid Khalidi (No. 5), known for his call to destroy [[Israel]], and the above-mentioned [[Ward Churchill]] (No. 814). George Leef, director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, Raleigh, N.C., said, "History should be important to teachers." <ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/22/academics-sign-pro-ayers-petition/ More Than 3,000 Academics Sign Pro-Ayers Petition] [[Fox News]], October 22, 2008</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>[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, Diversitychronicle.wordpress.com, November 18, 2013]</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>[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, Diversitychronicle.wordpress.com, November 18, 2013]</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>http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1459</ref> The resultant outcry from Catholics resulted in the university removing all links to Myers' blog from their website.<ref>http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1460</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>http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/nooooooo_1.php</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>http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1459</ref> The resultant outcry from Catholics resulted in the university removing all links to Myers' blog from their website.<ref>http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1460</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>http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/nooooooo_1.php</ref>
*Professors engage in [[grade inflation]], giving their students artificially high grades—whether they deserve them or not. In addition, classes have been dumbed down at most universities and require much less work than previously.
*Professors engage in [[grade inflation]], giving their students artificially high grades—whether they deserve them or not. In addition, classes have been dumbed down at most universities and require much less work than previously.