From the issue dated May 23, 2003
THE FACULTY PROFESSOR PERFECT In a profile from the world of tenure madness, a shoo-in at Brooklyn College almost gets the boot instead. FLEEING SAUDI ARABIA Western academics, already growing scarce in the country, leave in greater numbers after last week's bombings in Riyadh. BEST-LAID PLANS Rachel Brem describes scenes from her first year as a biology professor. THE DECISION A diary of a faculty search in history comes to a close as the committee makes an offer. WHEN ARE YOU RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT? Ms. Mentor knows when you should speak up and when you should shut up.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING HEATED DEBATE An oceanographer's highly public prediction that global warming could trigger a big chill around the North Atlantic has prompted rebuttals from climate specialists and a wave of new research. MODELING JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR Two law professors have proposed a system for evaluating U.S. Supreme Court nominees in which economics plays a role. NO MEANS OF SUPPORT Even though they have been approved for financing by the National Science Foundation, some major projects wait years before any money actually shows up. THE ART OF CONTEXT The revival of a historical approach has revitalized literary criticism, writes Morris Dickstein, distinguished professor of English and senior fellow of the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. IN JEOPARDY Epidemiologists inadvertently helped create the illusion of a risk-free life. Now they must shatter it, writes Philip Alcabes, an associate professor of urban public health at the City University of New York's Hunter College. HOWARD ZINN'S HISTORY A reissuing of his books prompts a fresh look at an unlikely optimist, writes James Green, a professor of history and labor studies at the College of Public and Community Service, at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. HAVE LIBRARY, WILL TRAVEL Lewis and Clark's expedition was remarkably bookish. COPY THAT In a discussion about intellectual-property theft, G. Anthony Gorry, a professor of management and computer science at Rice University, discovered just how much technology has changed the moral attitudes of students.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS NO MEANS OF SUPPORT Even though they have been approved for financing by the National Science Foundation, some major projects wait years before any money actually shows up. MODELING JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR Two law professors have proposed a system for evaluating U.S. Supreme Court nominees in which economics plays a role.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT IMBROGLIO IN IDAHO A financial disaster involving the state's flagship university, its private foundation, and possible conflicts of interest has brought down a college president. STRIKING A DEAL Graham B. Spanier, president of Pennsylvania State University, wants to end the dispute over file sharing on college campuses. One of his suggestions involves a deal with the music industry. YOU DON'T SAY As a national advocacy group files the first of what it says will be many lawsuits over campus speech codes, colleges say their policies are being distorted beyond recognition. PAYING THE PRESIDENT'S SPOUSE It's time to move away from the outdated notion of "two for the price of one," writes a specialist in presidential contracts.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRIKING A DEAL Graham B. Spanier, president of Pennsylvania State University, wants to end the dispute over file sharing on college campuses. One of his suggestions involves a deal with the music industry. COPY THAT In a discussion about intellectual-property theft, G. Anthony Gorry, a professor of management and computer science at Rice University, discovered just how much technology has changed the moral attitudes of students.
STUDENTS YOU DON'T SAY As a national advocacy group files the first of what it says will be many lawsuits over campus speech codes, colleges say their policies are being distorted beyond recognition. COPY THAT In a discussion about intellectual-property theft, G. Anthony Gorry, a professor of management and computer science at Rice University, discovered just how much technology has changed the moral attitudes of students.
ATHLETICS
INTERNATIONAL FLEEING SAUDI ARABIA Western academics, already growing scarce in the country, leave in greater numbers after last week's bombings in Riyadh. TRANSPLANTED ORGANS Artisans on a Swedish campus recreate the instruments so that music students can hear compositions just the way they were originally played.
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW BEST-LAID PLANS Rachel Brem describes scenes from her first year as a biology professor. THE ART OF CONTEXT The revival of a historical approach has revitalized literary criticism, writes Morris Dickstein, distinguished professor of English and senior fellow of the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. IN JEOPARDY Epidemiologists inadvertently helped create the illusion of a risk-free life. Now they must shatter it, writes Philip Alcabes, an associate professor of urban public health at the City University of New York's Hunter College. HOWARD ZINN'S HISTORY A reissuing of his books prompts a fresh look at an unlikely optimist, writes James Green, a professor of history and labor studies at the College of Public and Community Service, at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ... ? Class notes (uncut), by Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George, professors at Amherst College. HAVE LIBRARY, WILL TRAVEL Lewis and Clark's expedition was remarkably bookish. COPY THAT In a discussion about intellectual-property theft, G. Anthony Gorry, a professor of management and computer science at Rice University, discovered just how much technology has changed the moral attitudes of students.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CAREER NETWORK THE DECISION A diary of a faculty search in history comes to a close as the committee makes an offer. WHEN ARE YOU RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT? Ms. Mentor knows when you should speak up and when you should shut up. PAYING THE PRESIDENT'S SPOUSE It's time to move away from the outdated notion of "two for the price of one," writes a specialist in presidential contracts.
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