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George Washington University will not fire Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, an adjunct professor at its law school, amid left-wing cries on the internet for his termination after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. "Because we steadfastly support the robust exchange of ideas and deliberation, and because debate is a central part of our university’s academic and educational mission to train future leaders who are prepared to address the world’s most urgent problems," a letter addressed to its students states, "the university will neither terminate Justice Thomas’s employment nor cancel his class in response to his legal opinions." The move...

The country in the world most faithful to the values of the Koran is Ireland, according to an Iranian-born academic at George Washingon University in the US. Next are Denmark, Sweden and the UK. In a BBC interview, Hossein Askari, Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University said a study by himself and colleague Dr. Scheherazde S. Rehman also rates Israel (27) as being more compliant with the ideals of the Koran than any predominantly Muslim country. Not a single majority Muslim country made the top 25 and no Arab country is in the top 50....

George Washington University has chosen not to renew the contract of a professor of sexuality who taught everything from condom use to self breast exams – in effect firing the popular teacher. Adjunct professor Michael Schaffer taught packed classrooms of interested college students for 17 years at the university, reported the Web-based Inside Higher Ed. Schaffer told the site he was given no explanation for the decision and that when he pressed Patricia Sullivan, the acting chair of the Department of Exercise Science, for answers, she told him: "Maybe you need to look at your student evaluations." Two of those...