Professors at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science are criticizing its Board of Trustees for allowing the college president to offer non-tenure contracts to certain faculty members. The president, however, says that the contracts will benefit the college and will not threaten the tenure system. President Clinton announced Monday that he would nominate Hans Mark, a former chancellor of the University of Texas System, to serve as the director of defense research and engineering at the U.S. Department of Defense. Top Chinese leaders took part Monday in an elaborate celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Beijing University. There's a possible catch, however.
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Two appeals denied by the Supreme Court, on alleged employment discrimination based on race and on a university's non-renewal of an associate professor's employment contract. The French philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard is living on in his books, many of them published in English by the University of Minnesota Press. The press also now has a new director. Crip Culture Talks Back. Envisioning Disability in Germany and the United States.