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Cornel West Leaves Princeton

Cornel West, the public intellectual, activist and Ivy League professor, is taking a "significant pay cut" to leave Princeton and return to where he began his teaching career: Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York.

His new title: Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practices....

Read entire article at Slate