BOYCOTTS AND ACADEMIC MEETINGS
When states or hotels anger professors, the decisions on where to hold annual conferences can become controversial: A16

REVERSALS AT YALE
When the university's president praised Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard's noted leader of African-American studies, the head of Yale's program resigned in protest -- but then had a change of heart: A18

PEER REVIEW
The chairman of Yale's art-history department is leaving for the Getty Trust. ... Wake Forest University is trying to hire 10 genetics researchers from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. ... U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey will become the president of New School University: A12

A PASSION FOR TIBET
Robert Thurman, a well-regarded scholar of Tibetan Buddhism at Columbia University, is better known for his passionate championing of the political and cultural rights of a nation at risk: B2

A PLEA FOR CRITICAL STUDIES
Manning Marable, a professor of history and the founding director of the Institute for African-American Studies at Columbia University, discusses transformations in the meanings of race and ethnicity, particularly as seen by African-American intellectuals: B4

Nondisclosure agreements may seem to protect students and professors, but a new article says they're bad news for colleges and faculty members alike: A16

Part-timers in Washington State won a court battle over whether their nonclassroom work should count toward their retirement benefits: A18

In Box: Web site provides crib sheet for postmodern lingo: A12

THE PROBLEM: SEEING IS BELIEVING
As DNA evidence overturns convictions based on eyewitness identifications, psychologists examine the flaws in such testimony and suggest guidelines for gathering and presenting it: A19

• In the courtroom, psychologists can influence juries' consideration of eyewitness testimony -- but only one case at a time: A20

HOT TYPE
Iowa State University Press may be put up for sale. ... A mathematician at the University of Maryland at Baltimore has signed a six-figure contract with Norton -- for a novel: A22

PUBLISHING'S PROGRESS?
By perusing the spring catalogs of three commercial houses for 1950, 1960, and 1970, Andre Schiffrin, director of the New Press, discerns trends in intellectually important new books: B9

New scholarly books: A24-28

• Nota Bene: What Nietzsche Really Said, by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins.

• Verbatim: Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities, by Mary C. Waters.

The Abe Fellowship Program has announced the names of its fellows for 1999-2000: A60

THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
In a Chronicle survey, the presidential candidates offer their views on tuition increases, racial preferences in admissions, and the best way to provide financial aid to students, among other issues: A30

• Why do some students favor Sen. John McCain for president?: A31

• The candidates give their opinions on issues that affect colleges, students, and researchers: A32

A WARNING ON STEM CELLS
Twenty Republican senators have urged the National Institutes of Health to withdraw proposed regulations that would allow scientists to conduct a controversial type of research: A40

TRAINING TEACHERS
Democrats in the House of Representatives are complaining about a delay in a federal requirement for reports on the quality of education schools: A41

PROFITS FROM THE LAB
In state after state, lawmakers are agreeing to spend millions on research at public universities -- as long as the work is designed to attract emerging high-technology industries: A42

MORE MONEY FOR BASIC RESEARCH
The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to authorize $6.9-billion over five years for studies of information technology: A53

RACE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
In the debate over affirmative action, writes Theodore M. Shaw, we should not ignore the voices of those who have been the object of racism -- the students. The author is the associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: A72

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, was no match for Leonardo DiCaprio in a survey of the knowledge of New York college students: A30

When its courier was mugged recently, the American Council on Education found its comments on Education Department regulations missing: A30

The University of Pennsylvania is disputing charges that stem from the death of a patient in a gene-therapy experiment: A41

Senators were urged at a hearing to make Pell Grants an entitlement: A41

Federally financed research may resume at Virginia Commonwealth University, regulators said: A41

Florida's Board of Regents approved Gov. Jeb Bush's plan to end affirmative action in undergraduate admissions: A43

States should do more to foster professional-development programs for teachers that would be cosponsored by universities, according to a new report: A43

GORDON GEE'S DEPARTURE
As he prepares for his fifth presidency, trustees at Brown University and elsewhere are asking questions about how long campus chief executives should pledge to stay in their positions: A44

SWEATSHOP LABOR
Protests led the Universities of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin at Madison to withdraw from a group that students argue is too weak a watchdog over industry practices: A46

BIG RAISES AT THE TOP
The median salary of college administrators increased by 5 percent this academic year, nearly twice the rate of inflation, according to the College and University Personnel Association: A46

• Fact File: Median salaries of college administrators by type of institution, 1999-2000: A47

The owner of 46 Wendy's restaurants has donated one of the fast-food businesses to the University of Southern Mississippi: A44

Planned gifts from young millionaires are raising questions about properly valuing the donations: A44

Short Subjects: Edison Community College tears down noted but rickety sculpture; Ohio State reacquires painting it mistakenly sold; Princeton historian is target of Confederate defenders; Penn and Drexel students have meeting of minds: A10

Foundation grants; gifts and bequests: A46

NO ANESTHESIA REQUIRED
At Pennsylvania State University and other medical centers, new virtual-reality equipment lets residents sharpen their surgical skills with no threat to anyone's life or limb: A49

CLOGGED NETWORKS
Many colleges are frustrated by their students' growing use of Napster, a tool for finding MP3 audio files online: A50

UNWITTING ACCOMPLICES
Three California universities have found themselves linked to recent hacker attacks on major World Wide Web sites: A51

CONTROVERSIAL RANKINGS
Eleven leading universities have declined to participate in Yahoo! Internet Life magazine's survey of the "most wired" campuses: A53

MORE MONEY FOR BASIC RESEARCH
The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to authorize $6.9-billion over five years for studies of information technology: A53

New technology is enhancing remote teaching by beaming hologram-like images of professors to distant classrooms: A49

A new Web site offers advice for resident advisers: A54

DEATH ON THE CAMPUS
As more undergraduates with diagnosed mental-health problems arrive at elite colleges, students are putting pressure on administrators to take additional steps to prevent suicides: A54

RACE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
In the debate over affirmative action, writes Theodore M. Shaw, we should not ignore the voices of those who have been the object of racism -- the students. The author is the associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: A72

A new Web site offers advice for resident advisers: A54

Minority students at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor are protesting a campus club's possession of American Indian artifacts: A54

MULTICULTURAL CHALLENGES
In the Netherlands, foreign students grapple with a different approach to learning -- and with dormitory life that may shock them: A56

• In Israel, unusual courses at two colleges attempt to bring Jews and Arabs together: A57

• In Northern Ireland, a student center finds ways to help Roman Catholics and Protestants transcend sectarian boundaries: A59

Dispatch Case: British professor says European scientists have greater impact than Americans; St. Lucia is big spender on education; Welsh professor is in hot water over rude jokes; Myanmar fails to foil student protests: A56

RACE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
In the debate over affirmative action, writes Theodore M. Shaw, we should not ignore the voices of those who have been the object of racism -- the students. The author is the associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: A72

A PLEA FOR CRITICAL STUDIES
Manning Marable, a professor of history and the founding director of the Institute for African-American Studies at Columbia University, discusses transformations in the meanings of race and ethnicity, particularly as seen by African-American intellectuals: B4

REASSESSING THE GREAT POWERS
Some scholars contend that national sovereignty has been eroded so much that it no longer matters, but Robert A. Pastor, a professor of political science at Emory University, argues that seven powerful countries still shape the world: B8

PUBLISHING'S PROGRESS?
By perusing the spring catalogs of three commercial houses for 1950, 1960, and 1970, Andre Schiffrin, director of the New Press, discerns trends in intellectually important new books: B9

CITIZEN WELLES
One of America's best-known filmmakers was once the country's foremost has-been, writes Thomas Doherty, an associate professor of film studies at Brandeis University, but two recent portrayals document the director's artistic genius: B11

Marginalia: mistakes, foibles, and other amusements on the lighter side of academe: A10

• The role of distance education at elite liberal-arts colleges: B3

• Faculty members and unions: B13

• Pilot program for Pell Grants: B13

• Academic experience of Cal State leader: B13

• Library collections at Georgetown University: B13

CITIZEN WELLES
One of America's best-known filmmakers was once the country's foremost has-been, writes Thomas Doherty, an associate professor of film studies at Brandeis University, but two recent portrayals document the director's artistic genius: B11

CROSS-CULTURAL PRINTS
Works from Washington University's collaborative print workshop are on display through March 19: B112

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