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a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
a professor of chemistry Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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Hitler, Stalin, Castro and Pol Pot were supported by students and their professors.
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Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Situational ethics, rather than neutral principles, has become the norm among many professors, who are influencing today’s students.
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
But while Larsen was celebrated as one of the Harlem Renaissance era’s most promising writers in the late 1920s, she was largely forgotten by midcentury, only to be rediscovered in the late 1970s by African American female professors who included her novels in their classes and academic writing.
—Ethelene Whitmire, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Girding for battle at USC Pay is at the center of union organizing at USC, where non-tenure track professors complain of semester-to-semester contracts with little job security, minimal or nonexistent raises and moves by the university to cut benefits.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
In November 2024, the World Science Forum in Budapest convened a diverse group of politicians, scientists, Nobel laureates, innovators, and professors to address the most pressing challenges facing the scientific community.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Friends and professors attest to her work ethic, dedication, and genuine care for others.
—The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
Treadwell said that throughout the school year, her professors have warned against the use of ChatGPT in writing assignments.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Solving professors’ two-body problems makes this feasible, by keeping faculty more engaged with campus life.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Situational ethics, rather than neutral principles, has become the norm among many professors, who are influencing today’s students.
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
But while Larsen was celebrated as one of the Harlem Renaissance era’s most promising writers in the late 1920s, she was largely forgotten by midcentury, only to be rediscovered in the late 1970s by African American female professors who included her novels in their classes and academic writing.
—Ethelene Whitmire, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Girding for battle at USC Pay is at the center of union organizing at USC, where non-tenure track professors complain of semester-to-semester contracts with little job security, minimal or nonexistent raises and moves by the university to cut benefits.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
In November 2024, the World Science Forum in Budapest convened a diverse group of politicians, scientists, Nobel laureates, innovators, and professors to address the most pressing challenges facing the scientific community.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Friends and professors attest to her work ethic, dedication, and genuine care for others.
—The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
Treadwell said that throughout the school year, her professors have warned against the use of ChatGPT in writing assignments.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Solving professors’ two-body problems makes this feasible, by keeping faculty more engaged with campus life.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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