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INTERNATIONAL
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SCANDINAVIA
A growing recognition of the problem has prompted universities
to adopt new policies and procedures: A37
ACCESS TO CUBA DENIED
A delegation of American academics was denied the necessary
permission by the U.S. government to attend a conference at the
University of Havana: A38
NEW MANAGEMENT FOR THE FULBRIGHTS
The Institute of International Education hopes to invigorate
the program for senior scholars: A38
- IN THE UNITED STATES, a proposal to fold the United States
Information Agency into the State Department has been
revived: A37
- IN BRITAIN, the papers of former Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher will be housed at Churchill College of the
University of Cambridge: A37
- IN BELARUS, students planning to become teachers are irate
over the government's plan to assign them jobs after they
graduate in an area polluted by the Chernobyl accident: A39
- IN IRELAND, the Supreme Court has lifted a ban on student
organizations' dissemination of information on abortion: A39
- IN CANADA, two respected educators have prescribed civility
for Trent University, which has been the scene of turmoil
between the faculty and the administration for months: A39
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
UNLOCKING OUR IMAGINATIONS
In a new book, a Williams College professor argues that Edgar
Allan Poe's detective fiction influenced not only modern
literature, but also the cryptography that helped win the
Second World War: A13
LIFE ON MARS?
Seven months after the stunning announcement that a meteorite
found in Antarctica harbors vestiges of ancient Martian life,
scientists remain bitterly divided over the evidence: A14
"STRATEGIC EMBARRASSMENT"
A scholar at Arizona State University studies the motives and
methods of people who publicly humiliate their friends,
relatives, and colleagues: A8
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Veterinarians at the Tufts University Wildlife Clinic look
after sick animals from the wild -- everything from muskrats to
bald eagles: B2
- LEADING SCHOLARS in the field of "whiteness" studies will
meet at the University of California at Berkeley: A10
- SCIENTISTS SAY COMET HALE-BOPP, which recently made its
closest approach to Earth, is one of the largest comets
ever seen: A15
- RESEARCHERS IN THE SECOND YEAR of a three-year project say
they have found no decline in the amount of violence
broadcast on network and cable television stations: A15
- SCIENTISTS HAVE ISOLATED a gene that may prevent some forms
of cancer: A15
- THE PAPERS OF former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will
be housed at Churchill College of the University of
Cambridge: A37
- HOT TYPE: A15
- William C. Dowling, a professor of English at Rutgers
University, is starting a new academic press to defy
"trend-driven scholarly publishing" and produce works of
traditional scholarship.
- 79 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A16-18
THE FACULTY
A NEW ACCREDITOR
Some faculty members at Rhodes College are questioning its ties
to the American Academy for Liberal Education, which promotes a
traditional curriculum: A10
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Veterinarians at the Tufts University Wildlife Clinic look
after sick animals from the wild -- everything from muskrats to
bald eagles: B2
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SCANDINAVIA
A growing recognition of the problem has prompted universities
to adopt new policies and procedures: A37
IN DEFENSE OF TENURE
Consultants and trustees are wrong to say that academic freedom
can be preserved without it, says James E. Perley, president of
the American Association of University Professors: A48
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
REDESIGNING THE COMPUTER DESKTOP
New approaches emerging from computer-science laboratories on
several campuses take advantage of the human mind's talent for
sorting and storing information: A19
PREMIUM RATES
The University of Minnesota has started charging people who
spend "excessive" time connected over telephone lines to the
Twin Cities campus's computer network: A21
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
"PERFORMANCE INDICATORS"
South Carolina is basing all its appropriations for colleges on
how well they meet certain goals, but the transition to the new
system is not going smoothly: A26
A FIGHT OVER PELL GRANTS
Community colleges are strenuously opposing a proposal by
four-year institutions to link the size of each grant award
to the amount of tuition that each student pays: A28
TO THE BACK BURNER?
The Clinton Administration told Congress last week that it was
willing to delay consideration of the President's proposed tax
breaks for college costs in the interest of achieving a
balanced budget: A28
SPLIT AT CUNY
The Board of Trustees of the City University of New York, with
many new members appointed by a Republican Governor, has voted
to create its own staff to avoid relying on information from
the university's administration: A30
- SOUTH CAROLINA HAS CRACKED DOWN on Winthrop University's
tuition discounts to some out-of-state students: A26
- FIVE MODERATE REPUBLICANS have formed a group to build
support for education in the U.S. Congress: A26
- THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE of Technology will pay for the
scholarships of any gay students who lose their financial
aid through the Reserve Officers Training Corps: A29
- THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL Publications and Records Commission
is standing by its controversial spending plan for the
editing and publishing of historical documents: A29
- STATE SENATORS in Colorado and Montana have defeated bills
that would have barred affirmative-action programs at public
universities: A30
- THE STATE OF OHIO has been told that it must improve Central
State University, the state's only historically black
institution, or it will lose Education Department funds: A30
- A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT judge has ruled that the 11th
Amendment does not protect public colleges from lawsuits
based on patent infringement: A30
- LESLEY COLLEGE WILL PAY $475,000 to the U.S. government to
settle charges that it defrauded the Air Force: A6
- A PROPOSAL TO FOLD the United States Information Agency into
the State Department has been revived: A37
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
AN UNUSUAL STRATEGY
Merrimack College hasn't let the size of its modest $16-million
endowment stand in the way of making more risky investments in
real estate and international stocks: A31
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RETRENCHES
Under a new chief executive officer, Georgetown's medical
center is slicing $50-million from its budget after a
$17-million shortfall last year: A32
- A FUND-RAISING NEWSLETTER has revealed misconceptions about
which millionaires are potential donors: A31
- DREXEL UNIVERSITY is helping promote a new commercial
service on the World-Wide Web by providing scholarships that
will be awarded in a contest sponsored by the service: A31
- THE STATE OF NEW YORK has sued 18 former trustees of Adelphi
University to recover millions of dollars spent on the
salary and benefits of its former president: A33
- THE FOUNDER OF A BANKRUPT foundation pleaded no contest to
charges last week that he had defrauded hundred of
organizations that had invested in his New Era charity: A33
- A RESEARCH LABORATORY at the University of Washington was
destroyed by a fire ignited by an unattended hot plate: A6
- A GROUP OF CAT LOVERS at George Mason University has been
rescuing stray felines on the campus: A6
STUDENTS
TUITION INCREASES FOR 1997-98
Many private colleges and universities have reported that their
charges are going up by the smallest percentages in years: A34
THE RANKINGS GAME
A new study has found that some of the top applicants to
colleges are among those most likely to be influenced by the
controversial guidebook rankings: A34
ATHLETICS
BATTLE OVER TITLE IX
Brown University is receiving support in its appeal to the U.S.
Supreme Court from scores of colleges, athletics organizations,
and members of Congress: A35
CAN I PLAY?
After requests for waivers of initial-eligibility requirements
almost tripled this year, the National Collegiate Athletic
Association's Council is considering a change in the rule: A36
- CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY'S women's-softball team went to
jail recently, to play against female prisoners in Kentucky
and Indiana: A35
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at Austin has won an exemption from
a state law to build an upper deck on its Royal-Memorial
Stadium: A35
OPINION & LETTERS
IN DEFENSE OF TENURE
Consultants and trustees are wrong to say that academic freedom
can be preserved without it, says James E. Perley, president of
the American Association of University Professors: A48
THE ASSAULT ON DIVERSITY PROGRAMS
Advocates of affirmative action need to devise new approaches
to repel political and judicial attacks, argues Derrick Bell,
a visiting professor at the New York University Law School: B4
THE LEGACY OF CARL SAGAN
The late astronomer awakened millions to the importance of
science. Timothy Ferris, an emeritus professor of journalism at
the University of California at Berkeley, weighs the pros and
cons of such efforts to popularize science: B6
EDITORIAL BOARDS AT PRESSES
The professors who serve as advisers to university presses
fulfill a crucial and little-understood role, writes James
Shapiro, a professor of English and comparative literature at
Columbia University and a member of the faculty board at
Columbia University Press: B7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
MASTER MANIPULATOR
John Canemaker, head of the animation program at New York
University's Tisch School of the Arts, uses his craft to
communicate serious matters: B8
COSTUMES THAT SUM UP THE WORLD
Works of art that explore the relationship between fashion and
the body are on display at Arizona State University: B80
- A PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY student's artwork has been
denounced by a state lawmaker and a Roman Catholic
organization: A6
- AN EXHIBIT AT BOISE STATE University features unusual
renditions of the "Do Not Disturb" signs usually found
hanging from doorknobs in hotels and motels: A8
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