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Austin Community College Professor Goes Beyond Weird

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Yet more of what academia defines as civil discourse these days. “Austin Community College professor Robert Ranco resigned from a position he held at a law firm after tweeting this remark: ‘I’m not wishing for it … but I’d be ok if #BetsyDeVos was sexually assaulted,’ the professor said in a since-deleted tweet,” Rob Shimshock reported in The Daily Caller. “‘The recent social media comments made by a part-time employee on his personal page do not represent ACC’s vision, mission, and values,’ an Austin Community College spokesperson said. ‘The college does not condone these comments and their sentiment.'”

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Malcolm A. Kline
Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia. If you would like to comment on this article, e-mail contact@academia.org.

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