professors

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Without standardized testing in admissions, professors said they don’t know whether incoming students can handle college-level math.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The faculty rejected a measure that would have allowed professors to petition to have a course exempted from the cap, instead offering it pass-or-fail, with some nuances to permit further distinction.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Students like me fear mentioning involvement with the school to professors, let alone peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

By the way, we should give a shout-out to the law professors who devised and promoted shield laws—David Cohen, Rachel Rebouché, and Greer Donley.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Apparently, word traveled to Dr. Claytor by way of some of my professors that I was quite good in math.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson