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COLORADO SPRINGS — The wildest faculty member at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has been laid off.
Clyde, a mountain lion who on occasion “taught” environmental studies, was dropped because students didn’t flock to his classes. Instead, officials say CU-Colorado Springs is going to put more effort into other student environmental education, including a trail system on university property.
Clyde, 7, didn’t have tenure. He was more like a visiting professor, coming in occasionally from his home at Serenity Springs Wildlife Center in Calhan.
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