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Monday, October 1, 2007 |
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Chronicle CareersBeyond the Ivory Tower
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On HiringNew Kid on the Hallway and Dean Dad discuss what high-level administrators ought to look like U. of New Hampshire and its faculty are again at an impasse in contract talks Discussion Forums
Forum: Professional wrestling? Trolling for Krispy Kremes? What are your guilty pleasures? Share them online. 
The Brown Bag: Philip G. Altbach, a professor of higher education at Boston College and director of its Center for International Higher Education, will answer your questions about how colleges should internationalize, on Thursday, October 4, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time. |
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Today's NewsLifting a Boycott Threat British union's leaders call off debates over academic boycott of Israeli universities Opinion: Academics who want to promote peace have better options than boycotts Community-college leaders are urged to step up outreach efforts to Hispanic-Americans Judge throws out ex-student's lawsuit alleging negligence at Emory U. teaching hospitals Investigation uncovers admissions scandal at prestigious university in Uganda News BlogMyanmar's junta said to use universities to hold arrested protesters For Emory U., same study-abroad locale can mean different results The Wired Campus BlogA Latin version of Wikipedia comprises more than 15,000 translated articles Boston Library Consortium will let Open Content Alliance digitize its books Footnoted: From Academic BlogsAhmadinejad, Joseph Massad, and homosexuality in the Middle East Are the most-cited scholars also the most-read bloggers? Campaign U. BlogBarack Obama proposes to forgive the student loans of graduates who become public defenders Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to help Americans start saving for college at birth Face Value: Fund-Raising and Alumni BlogA former secretary of labor questions whether donations to Harvard are charitable Consumer watchdogs say there is some truth behind a fictional TV show's portrayal of universities' ties to oil companies Buildings & Grounds BlogAs green buildings become more common, groups are now developing standards for sustainable grounds Shop Talk: New construction at the U. of Virginia and Mills, and a new boathouse from an old design Magazine & Journal Reader The trouble with blaming education New Grant Competitions Fellowships in architecture |
From This Week's Chronicle
FLEXING FUND-RAISING MUSCLE
Gifts to sports programs now account for more than one-quarter of all contributions to some colleges, cutting into the proportion given for academic purposes. Jeffrey L. Stinson (above), a marketing professor at North Dakota State U.: As athletics donations grow, "you do see donors cut back a little on that academic gift because they just don't have the capacity."
The Chronicle Review
ANGER MANAGEMENT
Biology makes us want to retaliate for aggression even if we can't direct the retaliation at our aggressor, writes David P. Barash, author of a forthcoming book about redirected aggression.
In the corridors of some Italian universities, faculty members can look around and see a lot of famiglia faces, writes Francis X. Rocca, a journalist based in Rome and a correspondent for The Chronicle. Also of InterestThe Growing DivideAn occasional series looks at the haves and have-nots in higher education. The Chronicle of PhilanthropyPhilanthropy's New Frontier A guide to some of the best writing on the Web. |
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