Tagged: professor

Legal
4:35 pm
Thu July 14, 2011

ACLU sues CIA for suspected files on University of Michigan professor

Credit New America Foundation / Flickr
University of Michigan professor Juan Cole

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency on behalf of a University of Michigan Professor. Juan Cole is a critic of the Bush administration and Iraq War. A former CIA official claims the Bush administration asked him to dig up some dirt on Cole in 2005 and 2006 to discredit his analysis of the government.

Read more
Education
4:30 pm
Tue April 19, 2011

MSU finds one of its education professors guilty of plagiarizing

Credit Jane M Sawyer / morgue file
MSU Education Professor Sharif Shakrani has been found guilty of 'research misconduct'

Michigan State University has found one of its education professors guilty of plagiarism in a 2010 report about school consolidation.

The Booth newspaper chain commissioned MSU professor Sharif Shakrani to do a study about school consolidation. Shakrani’s study found Michigan could save more than $600 million by consolidating school districts.

Read more