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- ↑ Moffett biosketch on the ULS web site. Archived 2009-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Southeastern Faculty Senate Resolution of Commendation
- ↑ John Pope, Colleges: Funding benefits the state, Times-Picayune, 2009 April 17, Saint Tammany Edition, p. A2.
- ↑ "AAUP Censures 3 Universities". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Censured Administrations". AAUP. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ Southeastern biosketch Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine ; Appointment as Southeastern President.
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