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INTERNATIONAL
A FIRST FOR JAPAN
Masako Niwa, the president of Nara Women's University, is the
first woman to lead one of the country's 98 national
universities, many of which remain unfriendly environments for
female academics: A41
NATIONALIST RIVALRIES IN MACEDONIA
A new report by a human-rights group criticizes the way
higher-education policy is being set: A42
FALLOUT FROM THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS
The composition of parliament may leave universities in a
better position to push for more government support: A42
ANCIENT CHINESE SECRETS
American students on a semester-abroad program run by Pitzer
College explore Chinese culture, with an emphasis on
traditional medicine, and stay with local families: B2
- IN FRANCE, the prize-winning geochemist Claude Allegre has
been named Minister of National Education, Research, and
Technology in the new Socialist government: A41
- THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT has increased by two the number of
Marshall Scholarships it sponsors for American students: A41
- THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT has outlawed a radical student
group and ordered thousands of its members to quit by the
end of July: A43
- EDUCATION OFFICIALS IN CHINA have announced plans to cut the
number of academic specialties in half in order to boost
competitiveness and combat overspecialization: A43
- A RIGHT-WING JEWISH ORGANIZATION has filed suit in Israel's
High Court of Justice to close two Palestinian universities
in East Jerusalem: A43
- IN MEXICO, the National Autonomous University has altered
its automatic-admission rules for graduates of its network
of preparatory schools: A43
- THE UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE is investigating alleged financial
irregularities on its branch campus in Nicaragua: A43
- THE U.S. AGENCY for International Development has canceled a
$14-million grant for a Harvard University institute in
Russia as a result of charges that two administrators of the
program were using their posts for personal gain: A43
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO
Research by a psychology professor at the University of
California at Santa Cruz suggests that one way to change human
behavior is to convince people that certain actions make them
hypocrites: A15
GOING FARTHER FASTER
New research provides some answers to the question of why women
appear to have an edge over men in endurance events such as
ultramarathons: A16
- THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY and a copy shop in Michigan have
settled a long-standing dispute over copyright law: A12
- A NEW BOOK offers tips on doing research abroad: A12
- A TEAM OF ASTRONOMERS has captured rare photographs of the
collision of two supernovas: A17
- SCIENTISTS HAVE LINKED a gene on the X chromosome with
differences between male and female social behavior: A17
- A STUDY HAS REVEALED that the domestic dog evolved 100,000
or more years ago, not 14,000 years ago, as archaeological
evidence had suggested: A17
- A RESEARCHER HAS CHALLENGED the belief that the use of
antidepressant drugs is superior to psychotherapy as a
treatment for depression: A17
- A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR at Dartmouth College died last week of
complications from her exposure to a mercury compound in a
campus laboratory last summer: A17
- HOT TYPE: A20
- The issue of PMLA on teaching literature has been
graded harshly by some scholars. Meanwhile, one of its
chief critics, George Levine, may work with its editor,
Domna Stanton, on a proposed journal, Pedagogy: Critical
Approaches to Literature, Language, and Composition.
- Two professors of English at small liberal-arts colleges
are writing a book that argues on behalf of generalists.
- 86 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A18-21
THE FACULTY
SLOW GOING
The proportion of minority professors has increased by only one
percentage point since 1989, a national survey of academe has
found: A12
AN UNUSUAL BIAS CASE
A federal appeals court has rejected a professor's claim that
Vassar College denied her tenure because she was married and a
mother: A13
COMPROMISE ON TENURE
The Board of Regents and the Faculty Senate at the University
of Minnesota are poised to conclude a contentious debate with a
quiet agreement: A14
RENAISSANCE MAN
Tony Campolo, an adviser to President Clinton, teaches
sociology, runs a social-service program, writes books, and is
the host of a show on cable television: A10
- THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY and a copy shop in Michigan have
settled a long-standing dispute over copyright law: A12
- THE PROVOST at the University of California at San Diego
resigned after the institution's chancellor canceled plans
for an on-campus high school: A8
- A RETIRED PRESIDENT of Richard Bland College, a two-year
institution affiliated with the College of William and Mary,
has been charged with sexually assaulting a male student on
the campus: A10
- THE BELLS in the University of Chicago's chapel are ringing
a new tune in honor of Easley Blackwood, a music professor
who is retiring: A8
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NEW FORCES IN DISTANCE LEARNING
Some Ivy League universities and other top private institutions
are taking steps to carve out a niche in a field in which they
had previously shown little interest: A23
LANGUAGE LAWSUIT
A French court has dismissed a lawsuit against the Georgia
Institute of Technology's campus in Metz, France, over a
World-Wide Web site it had maintained in English: A26
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
UNFAIR TREATMENT?
Many students who are financially independent of their parents
complain that Congress has made it too difficult for them to
qualify for federal aid: A29
CUTTING THE STUDENT-LOAN BUDGET
Congressional panels approved legislation to save $1.8-billion
over five years, but lawmakers said that borrowers would not be
hurt: A30
COMPETING TAX PLANS
The Republican alternative to President Clinton's proposal
would not provide as many benefits to colleges or their
students -- and would have some substantial costs: A31
BAN PROPOSED
President Clinton has urged Congress to enact legislation
barring all research on the cloning of human beings: A32
DISPUTE RESOLVED
Education officials in Oregon have agreed to change a program
that provides tuition waivers for minority students at state
universities. The program has been the subject of a long
investigation by the U.S. Education Department: A32
- SOME RESIDENTS OF MASSACHUSETTS have criticized the decision
by the state's Lieutenant Governor to remain a faculty
member at Boston College if he becomes Governor: A29
- COLLEGE PRESIDENTS are urging key members of Congress to
continue providing federal funds to the National Endowment
for the Humanities: A29
- A FEDERAL JUDGE has ruled that Alabama's community-college
system is riven with bias against its female employees: A33
- THE PRESIDENT of the Student Loan Marketing Association,
Lawrence A. Hough, has announced his intention to resign
after its stockholders approve plans to privatize the
company: A33
- A LAWSUIT FILED by two families who said their sons had been
abused in a schizophrenia study at the University of
California at Los Angeles has been dismissed: A33
- A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES subcommittee has approved a bill
that would continue to provide funds for "Tech-Prep"
vocational-education programs at two-year colleges: A33
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
A $200-MILLION GRANT
The F.W. Olin Foundation is making one of the largest awards
ever in higher education to create an engineering college near
Boston: A34
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A SECRET BUYER
Harvard University has revealed that it acquired 52 acres of
land in Boston for $88-million over the last nine years: A36
SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
Georgetown University will receive a charitable trust that is
now worth $60-million: A36
- A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE has cost the University of Nebraska
at Omaha a $1-million gift: A34
- BOB DOLE, the former Republican Senator and Presidential
candidate, has created a scholarship for disabled students
at historically black colleges: A34
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY has recovered a book checked out of its
library 223 years ago. No overdue fine was levied: A10
STUDENTS
SORORITY HAZING
A problem long associated with fraternities appears to have
spread to the women's groups, worrying officials on a number of
campuses: A37
ANCIENT CHINESE SECRETS
American students on a semester-abroad program run by Pitzer
College explore Chinese culture, with an emphasis on
traditional medicine, and stay with local families: B2
- TRINITY COLLEGE in Connecticut has set up a scholarship in
memory of Jonathan Levin, an alumnus and schoolteacher who
was murdered in New York City recently: A37
- A DARTMOUTH COLLEGE STUDENT wrote her honors thesis on why
students become homesick: A37
- CAREER-DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS at 25 liberal-arts colleges
have formed a consortium to help graduates find jobs: A38
- A RECENT DROPOUT from Wright State University was arrested
after a routine inspection of his campus apartment turned up
a cache of weapons: A8
- THE FAMILY OF A STUDENT murdered at the University of
California at Berkeley has been granted permission to sue
the institution for not providing adequate security: A10
ATHLETICS
CONTRADICTORY REQUIREMENTS?
Experts on college sports say that the National Collegiate
Athletic Association's rules may hinder efforts to comply with
Title IX, a federal law against gender bias: A39
- ALICIA K. MOORE, of Emory University, has been named to
all-conference teams in basketball, volleyball, and outdoor
track and field: A39
- A MOTHER-DAUGHTER doubles team helped Georgia College and
State University reach the regional finals of the Division
II tennis tournament: A39
- THE SOUTHEASTERN and Atlantic Coast Conferences are seeking
to delay the effective date of a rule that will allow
students on athletics scholarships to work: A40
- THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Athletic Association imposed
sanctions on the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville for
rules violations in its men's-basketball program: A40
OPINION & LETTERS
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITY
Protecting academic freedom means living up to its
responsibilities and speaking out against those who abuse it,
writes Brenda Miller Power, an associate professor of literacy
education at the University of Maine at Orono: A52
FOOD FOR A HUNGRY WORLD
Genetically engineered crops could help reverse the slowing of
annual growth in agricultural productivity, says Nina Fedoroff,
director of the Life Sciences Consortium and Biotechnology
Institute at Pennsylvania State University: B4
THE IMPORTANCE OF IMAGES
We must expand our definition of literacy beyond reading,
writing, and calculating to include visual competence, argues
Barbara Maria Stafford, a professor of art history at the
University of Chicago: B6
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
NO OFFENSE
The controversial performance artist Holly Hughes has spent a
quiet, productive six months as artist-in-residence at
Kalamazoo College: B8
BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES
A traveling exhibit featuring the complex, imaginative work of
A.G. Rizzoli is now on view at the High Museum of Art, in
Atlanta: B56
- THE RENOWNED ARCHITECT Philip Johnson's first sculpture has
been unveiled on the campus of Case Western Reserve
University: A8
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