A Guide to the March 8, 1996, Issue
of The Chronicle of Higher Education
IN GERMANY, ROOTING SPIES OUT OF ACADEME
Universities in the eastern part of the country are still
ferreting out staff members who collaborated with the secret
police when the region was under Communist control.
IN ISRAEL, A GROWING SENSE OF FEAR
A bombing in Jerusalem that killed two American students has
raised concerns for the safety of others who are studying in
the country.
HOW WE AGE AND DIE
The Clock of Ages, a new book by John J. Medina, a molecular
biologist at the University of Washington, examines the process
by which we grow old.
EXHIBIT RESUSCITATED
The Library of Congress has announced a new opening date, in
the fall of 1998, for its controversial exhibit on Sigmund
Freud.
NEW SKIRMISH AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Last week, the Faculty Council published details of alleged
violations of academic freedom, but the university
administration quickly released a rebuttal of the charges.
ELECTION-YEAR ANALYSIS
Michael L. Goldstein, the director Claremont McKenna College's
Washington program, has published a guide for teaching about
the Presidential campaign.
FIGHT OVER AN EXPERIMENTAL DRUG
A jury acquitted John S. Najarian, but the University of
Minnesota is still questioning the renowned transplant
surgeon's management of a controversial program.
NEW MUSIC
Allan Schindler, a professor at the Eastman School of Music at
the University of Rochester, created his latest work with
computers -- and the sounds of his toddler son.
WHO GIVES ADVICE?
Critics say the composition of federal advisory panels on
science should be broadened to represent the interests of
people besides researchers.
ROTC FIGHT ESCALATES
A new law prohibits the U.S. Defense Department from providing
any funds to colleges that bar units of the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps from their campuses.
APPROPRIATIONS SHIFT
Republican legislators in some states want funds, in the form
of "tuition vouchers," to go directly to students, instead of
to public colleges.
ELECTION-YEAR ANALYSIS
Michael L. Goldstein, the director Claremont McKenna College's
Washington program, has published a guide for teaching about
the Presidential campaign.
DROP IN DEBT RATING
Moody's Investors Service has demoted the University of Chicago
from its top category of investment risk.
RETREAT IN CHARITY SCANDAL
A bankruptcy trustee has halved the amount of money being
sought from colleges and other organizations that received
funds from the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy.
NEW LOBBYING RULES
Some colleges have registered their offices in Washington,
D.C., in order to comply with a new law; others say the law
doesn't require them to do so.
STUDENT-AID DELAYS
Officials of the U.S. Education Department have confirmed a
report that 1.5 million applications for financial assistance
still have not been processed.
A GROWING SENSE OF FEAR IN ISRAEL
A bombing in Jerusalem that killed two American students has
raised concerns for the safety of others who are studying in
the country.
A VERSATILE, MUSICAL STUDENT
Jesse Antin, a freshman at Brown University, sings bass and
countertenor and fills in when the campus organists are
away.
CHANGING THE RULES
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has been told by
the U.S. Justice Department to relax its academic requirements
for freshman athletes who have learning disabilities.
CREATING A CADRE OF SENIOR SCHOLARS
Higher-education institutions can save money and invigorate
their faculties by overhauling their retirement systems, argues
Cary Nelson, a professor of liberal arts and sciences at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH LITERATURE
For doctoral candidates in English, graduate studies sometimes
bring more pain than pleasure, says Patrick Sullivan, an
English professor at Manchester Community-Technical College.