From the issue dated December 12, 2003
THE FACULTY MANY PATHS TO SUCCESS Four "Professors of the Year," four very different teaching philosophies: How is greatness in the classroom achieved? MORE FEMALE PH.D.'S In 2002, for the first time, more American women than American men earned doctorates at universities in the United States. OVERCOMING THE ODDS M. Garrett Bauman, a professor of English at Monroe Community College in New York, stands in awe of what some students have survived to get to college -- and to stay there. BARS TO LEARNING Thomas Goldwasser, an adjunct faculty member in government and public administration at the University of Baltimore, finds that inmates particularly prize lessons on freedom. But Congress has made it harder for prisoners to get an education. NUMBER CRUNCHING A new assistant professor takes a peek at his colleagues' salaries and sees his future.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING A PLAGUE OF TOADS Australian scientists who study native snakes gauge the lethal impact of an imminent amphibian invasion on their research subjects. WINGING IT An exhibit of prints at the University of Pittsburgh provides a close-up view of the meticulous work of John James Audubon. A PROMISING ALLIANCE University presses and scientists have a lot to offer each other, writes Peter J. Dougherty of Princeton University Press. A BRUSH WITH LEO STRAUSS How the granddaddy of neoconservatism influenced an art student, by Laurie Fendrich, a professor of fine arts at Hofstra University. DANGEROUS CURRENTS Recent writings about water degradation and mismanagement portend perilous times, writes Malcolm G. Scully, The Chronicle's editor at large.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS REMEMBERING A GIANT Clark Kerr, who as president of the University of California helped create the model of the modern American higher-education system, has died at age 92. DEFYING THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT Organizations from 12 law schools have sued the Defense Department, arguing that the military has no right to recruit on their campuses. HALFWAY MEASURE A rule designed to prevent fraud in correspondence courses is making business difficult for many modern online colleges, which want the restriction eased. 'DON'T BE INTIMIDATED' In a journalism class at the University of Iowa, students learn how to run with the national press in covering presidential campaigns. DYING ON THE VINE Current grant mechanisms are destroying research at small to medium-size land-grant colleges, writes Henry A. Fribourg, a professor emeritus of forage-crops ecology at the University of Tennessee.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT MORE THAN MIES Two new buildings at the Illinois Institute of Technology have turned the minimalist campus on its design ear. REMEMBERING A GIANT Clark Kerr, who as president of the University of California helped create the model of the modern American higher-education system, has died at age 92. FROM SECRETARY TO ADMINISTRATOR Typecast on one campus, a would-be administrator of student affairs finds respect elsewhere.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HALFWAY MEASURE A rule designed to prevent fraud in correspondence courses is making business difficult for many modern online colleges, which want the restriction eased.
ATHLETICS PLAY FOR PAY The Clever Boys, a soccer team in South Africa, has an unusual arrangement with one of the country's most prestigious institutions of higher education, the University of the Witwatersrand.
STUDENTS 'DON'T BE INTIMIDATED' In a journalism class at the University of Iowa, students learn how to run with the national press in covering presidential campaigns.
INTERNATIONAL UNVEILED CONCERN University administrators in France worry about the growth of Muslim fundamentalism. HATRED FROM THE INSIDE OUT Nationalistic ethnic strife has its roots in individuals, yet it reaches around the world. Thus a bitter debate about Hindus and Muslims in India reverberates at a diner in Queens, writes Amitava Kumar, an associate professor of English at Pennsylvania State University.
NOTES FROM ACADEME WINGING IT An exhibit of prints at the University of Pittsburgh provides a close-up view of the meticulous work of John James Audubon. THE CHRONICLE REVIEW OVERCOMING THE ODDS M. Garrett Bauman, a professor of English at Monroe Community College in New York, stands in awe of what some students have survived to get to college -- and to stay there. HATRED FROM THE INSIDE OUT Nationalistic ethnic strife has its roots in individuals, yet it reaches around the world. Thus a bitter debate about Hindus and Muslims in India reverberates at a diner in Queens, writes Amitava Kumar, an associate professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. A PROMISING ALLIANCE University presses and scientists have a lot to offer each other, writes Peter J. Dougherty of Princeton University Press. A BRUSH WITH LEO STRAUSS How the granddaddy of neoconservatism influenced an art student, by Laurie Fendrich, a professor of fine arts at Hofstra University. DANGEROUS CURRENTS Recent writings about water degradation and mismanagement portend perilous times, writes Malcolm G. Scully, The Chronicle's editor at large. BARS TO LEARNING Thomas Goldwasser, an adjunct faculty member in government and public administration at the University of Baltimore, finds that inmates particularly prize lessons on freedom. But Congress has made it harder for prisoners to get an education. 'I DREW IT IN ECSTASY' The artist Walter Anderson sought the unity of all existence. DYING ON THE VINE Current grant mechanisms are destroying research at small to medium-size land-grant colleges, writes Henry A. Fribourg, a professor emeritus of forage-crops ecology at the University of Tennessee.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CHRONICLE CAREERS NUMBER CRUNCHING A new assistant professor takes a peek at his colleagues' salaries and sees his future. FROM SECRETARY TO ADMINISTRATOR Typecast on one campus, a would-be administrator of student affairs finds respect elsewhere. KNOW THYSELF Here's what a "personality test" can tell you about your career options, and what it can't.
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