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INTERNATIONAL
CAUTION IN GUATEMALA
Academics express relief that the civil war has ended, but many
say the universities are still feeling the effects of decades
of military dictatorship: A35
CONTINUED WORRY IN HONG KONG
In the wake of the return to Chinese control, pro-democracy
leaders -- including students -- are demanding assurances on
civil liberties: A37
INTO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
The reorganization of American foreign-affairs agencies is
expected to include provisions to preserve exchange programs:
A38
NEW AGENDA IN FRANCE
The country's top education official announced plans to carry
out the Socialist Party's campaign promises: A38
- A NEW CENTER called the Bridging Project Clearinghouse is
set to open at the University of Colorado at Boulder this
month. Its goal is to encourage more Americans to study in
Japan: A35
- JAPAN IS CONSIDERING waiving its strict admissions
requirements to allow students who excel in high-school
mathematics and physics to enter college one year early: A35
- SIX MEMBERS of an archaeological expedition have been found
safe after they were attacked by Mexican villagers who were
angered at the team's attempt to remove a Mayan altar: A38
- THE AMERICAN ACADEMY in Berlin, whose purpose is to foster
U.S.-German ties, is finally set to open, one year behind
schedule: A38
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
LINES OF RACE AND GENDER
More scholars are examining how people cross or blend various
categories of race, ethnicity, and gender: A11
RENDEZVOUS IN SPACE
Photographs showing a profusion of craters on an asteroid named
Mathilde have surprised and intrigued researchers: A12
RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Congress continues to increase support for an agency that is
controversial among many scientists: A27
RACE, GENDER, AND IDENTITY POLITICS
A recent roundtable published in a scholarly journal reflects
the painful transformations taking place in the study of
American history, writes Linda Gordon, a professor of history
at the University of Wisconsin at Madison: B4
RIDING THE RAILS
On summer weekends, tourists can take short rides on the East
Broad Top Railroad and experience, briefly, the era of the
steam locomotive. It's a historian's delight, a
preservationist's fantasy, a railroad enthusiast's dream: B2
- A STUDY BY SCIENTISTS in the Northern and Southern
Hemispheres has linked earth's rising temperature to the
"greenhouse effect," which they attribute to human activity:
A13
- PEOPLE'S CURRENT OPINIONS help mold their memories of
intense emotional experiences, according to Linda J. Levine,
a professor at the University of California at Irvine: A13
- PEOPLE WITH MORE social relationships are less susceptible
to colds, researchers say: A13
- A LOBSTER IMMERSED in boiling water feels no pain because
its nervous system is too primitive, say researchers at the
University of Maine's Lobster Institute: A8
- SIX MEMBERS of an archaeological expedition have been found
safe after they were attacked by Mexican villagers who were
angered at the team's attempt to remove a Mayan altar: A38
- HOT TYPE: A16
- A new book, Making a Place for Pleasure in Early
Childhood Education, deals with the "moral panic"
that educators face in the classroom.
- An article on ethnic cleansing that appeared in the
journal Slavic Review has touched off a debate.
The publication's new editor has promised more such
provocative articles.
- Two books propose different Confederate generals as
the "Stonewall of the West."
- 73 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A14-17
THE FACULTY
DIVERSITY AT THE NEW SCHOOL
A battle over the hiring of minority professors at the New
School for Social Research, long regarded as a leftist haven,
has featured hunger strikes, the taking of hostages, and
denunciations of faculty members as racists: A8
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
Plans to hold a workshop on gender issues for engineering
professors at Cornell University ended up infuriating many
female faculty members: A10
HELPING THE SCHOOLS
Gaston Caperton, a former Democratic Governor of West Virginia,
is setting up an institute at Teachers College of Columbia
University to spur states to improve public education: A7
- ON RETURNING from a research trip to Northern Ireland, a
Kent State University professor lost irreplaceable notes
when the airline forced her to check her carry-on bag, then
misplaced it: A8
- HELLENIC COLLEGE has fired its president and two professors
amid a sexual-harassment scandal at the Greek Orthodox
institution. One of the professors says they were fired for
refusing to help cover up the incident: A7
- A MAN WHO HAD BEEN SOUGHT for allegedly defrauding academics
by posing as the sports sociologist Harry Edwards turned
himself in to Florida authorities: A6
- A DEAN at the University of Wisconsin at Madison resigned
after admitting that he had violated a university policy by
failing to report a romantic relationship with a fellow
employee: A6
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PREVENTING PIRACY
Software publishers, saying that colleges could be held
responsible for what students do on the institutions' networks,
are trying to crack down on an epidemic of on-line piracy: A19
AFTERMATH OF SUPREME COURT RULING
The White House has announced a new policy under which it would
not seek government regulation of Internet content: A20
AFTER THE INDECENCY-ACT RULING
Virginia E. Rezmierski, director of the Office of Policy
Development and Education in the University of Michigan's
Information Technology Division, warns that the Supreme
Court's overturning of the Communications Decency Act does not
resolve all issues facing colleges' on-line networks: A44
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
DEBATE ABOUT PREFERENCES
The University of Illinois at Chicago faces criticism for its
policy of letting some minority students be the first to
register for classes: A23
- The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case
involving affirmative action in hiring at a New Jersey
high school. The Court's ruling may have a significant
impact on higher education: A28
BACK AND FORTH ON TAXES
President Clinton has modified his proposals, which still would
be more generous to students than would bills passed by the
House of Representatives and the Senate: A25
PROMISE OF A PELL GRANT
Representative Chaka Fattah, a Pennsylvania Democrat, is
attracting support for his idea of telling low-income
sixth-graders that they are assured of federal aid for college:
A26
RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Congress continues to increase support for an agency that is
controversial among many scientists: A27
BATTLING OVER A BONANZA
The U.S. Education Department is furious over a provision in a
bill passed by the House of Representatives that would aid
state guarantee agencies: A28
INTO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
The reorganization of American foreign-affairs agencies is
expected to include provisions to preserve exchange programs:
A38
- ONLY ONE BLACK STUDENT will enroll at the law school at the
University of California at Berkeley this fall, apparently
because of a ban on affirmative-action admissions there: A23
- THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA at Birmingham reportedly is
considering W. Ann Reynolds, the chancellor of the City
University of New York, to be its next president: A23
- THE MASSACHUSETTS BOARD of Higher Education has voted to
open an honors college at its flagship institution, the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst: A24
- WYOMING'S SUPREME COURT has ruled against a Sheridan College
security officer, saying that he overstepped his authority
when he pursued a motorist off campus and then arrested him
for drunk driving: A24
- VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE and State University has been
found in violation of parts of a federal law on reporting
campus crime, according to the Education Department: A28
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICY
A new report says conservative foundations are having a major
influence on the research agendas of leading universities: A29
TURNING AROUND STILLMAN COLLEGE
Many people on the campus credit Cordell Wynn, the retiring
president, for attracting more money and more students to the
historically black institution: A30
STEPPING DOWN
The president who last year led Mount Vernon College into its
affiliation with nearby George Washington University has
resigned: A31
ACCREDITING ACTIONS
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has put the
University of Mobile on probation and has removed St. Andrews
Presbyterian College from that status: A31
POWER PLAY?
A utility company's deal with the University of Rochester,
under which the institution gave up plans to build its own
power plant, violates antitrust law, the Justice Department has
charged: A32
- RUPERT MURDOCH'S PURCHASE of the Family Channel will benefit
Regent University, which holds 4.2 million shares of stock
in the station's parent company: A29
- A NEW TEXAS LAW may force the sale of stock by the state's
university system. The law would require state agencies to
divest their portfolios of stocks in companies that produce
or distribute music with objectionable lyrics: A29
- HELLENIC COLLEGE has fired its president and two professors
amid a sexual-harassment scandal at the Greek Orthodox
institution. One of the professors says they were fired for
refusing to help cover up the incident: A7
- TWO DONORS HAVE WITHDRAWN their $10-million pledge to the
University of Missouri at Columbia, blaming university
officials for moving too slowly in lining up other backers
for a new basketball arena: A7
- FRIENDS OF YTTERBOE HALL have won a temporary order
preventing St. Olaf College from razing the decrepit
landmark: A7
- THE ABSTRACT IMPRESSIONIST artist Allen Leepa has donated
his $15-million art collection to St. Petersburg Junior
College: A6
- THREE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS have joined with the Prodigy
network to offer more than 300,000 alumni customized
Internet accounts: A19
STUDENTS
POSTDOCTORAL WORK
More than 500 students at Northern Virginia Community College
already have Ph.D.'s and are there to get job training: A33
GIVING PRIORITY
Minority students at the University of Illinois at Chicago are
given preference in registering for classes, a practice that
has aroused criticism: A23
OPINION & LETTERS
AFTER THE INDECENCY-ACT RULING
Virginia E. Rezmierski, director of the Office of Policy
Development and Education in the University of Michigan's
Information Technology Division, warns that the Supreme
Court's overturning of the Communications Decency Act does not
resolve all issues facing colleges' on-line networks: A44
RACE, GENDER, AND IDENTITY POLITICS
A recent roundtable published in a scholarly journal reflects
the painful transformations taking place in the study of
American history, writes Linda Gordon, a professor of history
at the University of Wisconsin at Madison: B4
ART FOR SCIENCE'S SAKE
Robert S. Root-Bernstein, a professor of physiology at Michigan
State University, argues that exposing scientists to the arts
has led to research breakthroughs: B6
ADDICTED TO "THE X FILES"
Ruth Rosen, a professor of history at the University of
California at Davis, examines why the television series has
attracted such a large and diverse audience: B7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
ART FOR SCIENCE'S SAKE
Robert S. Root-Bernstein, a professor of physiology at Michigan
State University, argues that exposing scientists to the arts
has led to research breakthroughs: B6
ADDICTED TO "THE X FILES"
Ruth Rosen, a professor of history at the University of
California at Davis, examines why the television series has
attracted such a large and diverse audience: B7
DEFINING ABORIGINAL ART
Contemporary works by Australia's indigenous people are on
display at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: B52
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