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UA System trustees uphold decision to fire Shirin Saeidi, professor who directed center for Middle East studies

NW Arkansas Online

May 21, 2026

UA System trustees uphold decision to fire Shirin Saeidi, professor who directed center for Middle East studies

HARRISBURG -- The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees unanimously voted Wednesday to uphold a decision to terminate a tenured professor in Fayetteville who had served a…

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