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THE FACULTY
'LIFE ON HOLD'
With so few tenure-track jobs available, many postdoctoral
fellows are now trying to improve their lot in the laboratories
where they labor: A10
A CALL FOR SPEEDIER DECISION MAKING
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and
Colleges has issued a draft report on campus governance: A12
TURNING BACK A TENURE LAWSUIT
Wesleyan University has won a case in which a former professor,
citing the support of outside experts, had challenged the
university's decision to reject him: A12
MENTORS FOR INMATES
G. Roger Jarjoura, a professor at Indiana University-Purdue
University at Indianapolis, has started a program in which
students counsel boys who are about to get out of a nearby
prison: A9
- THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Professors has
donated its archives to George Washington University: A10
- THE A.A.U.P. is renovating its headquarters, in Washington,
D.C., this summer: A10
- A LABOR ARBITRATOR has ordered, for the fourth time in a
year, the president of California University of Pennsylvania
to reinstate an employee whom he had improperly disciplined:
A8
- TWO PROFESSORS at Virginia Tech recently took 23
schoolteachers, community-college instructors, and students
on a cross-country train trip: A9
- PEER REVIEW: A45
- The embattled English department at the State University
of New York at Albany has a new chairman.
- The University of Virginia is seeking to bolster its
science departments by making a series of key hires.
- Two prominent journalists have taken jobs in academe.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
'THE KNOWING CHILD'
Clashing images of children as worldly provocateurs and as
vulnerable innocents are energizing a newly popular field of
interdisciplinary study: A14
PIG HEARTS AND KIDNEYS
Research on transplants of animal organs into people is raising
ethical concerns, but the first implant of pig organs could
come as soon as next year: A16
- EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS have developed a technique to create a
material that is superconductive at much higher temperatures
than ever before achieved: A18
- MARINE BIOLOGISTS say a once-abundant fish -- the barndoor
skate -- is nearly extinct: A18
- ROGER MARIS'S RECORD for home runs in a single season is
99-per-cent likely to be broken this year, say scientists at
Case Western Reserve University: A18
- HOT TYPE: A17
- In a new book, legal scholars have picked out what they
deem the biggest "stupidities" in the U.S. Constitution.
- Michael S. Kimmel, a sociologist at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook, has started a new journal on
masculinity.
- NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A19-21
- Nota Bene: Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner
Bros. Animation, edited by Kevin S. Sandler. The book is
published by Rutgers University Press.
- THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER has named 38 fellows who will
study there in 1998-99: A46
- CHARLOTTE W. NEWCOMBE Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships, for
research and writing on ethical or religious values, have
been awarded to 35 graduate students: A47
- THE WHITAKER FOUNDATION has awarded $5-million for 27
research projects in biomedical engineering at 25
universities: A47
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LEARNING COMPUTER ANIMATION
A program at the University of Washington shows how colleges
are developing courses to meet a growing demand by the film
and advertising industries for trained professionals: A23
SYNTHETIC SOUND
In an unusual case of technology transfer, Stanford University
and the Yamaha Corporation are sharing patents that cover
research into electronic music synthesis: A36
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
INTRA-PARTY SPLIT
Some college lobbyists fear that a battle among Democrats in
the House of Representatives may imperil progress on renewing
the Higher Education Act: A29
THE RIGHT TO APPEAL
A new law has given colleges more legal options when the
Internal Revenue Service moves to revoke the tax-exempt status
of bonds they have issued: A30
'FLYING BLIND'
Educators are worrying that the Internal Revenue Service is not
collecting data needed to analyze the effectiveness of new tax
breaks to help students pay college costs: A30
SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH
The House of Representatives voted to increase funds for the
National Science Foundation but to kill the AmeriCorps
national-service program: A31
MOTOR-VOTER LAW
A federal appeals court has ruled that public colleges in
Virginia must make information on registering to vote available
in offices for students with disabilities: A32
COMPROMISE ON VISAS
Members of Congress have worked out a bill that would raise the
annual cap on temporary visas that are used by foreigners to
work in academe and other industries: A35
- THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE of the House of Representatives
is seeking to block the Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars from moving its offices: A29
- GEORGE R. MCCORMICK, who as president of East Arkansas
Community College blew the whistle on alleged enrollment
padding and other misdeeds, has resigned his post: A29
- REGENTS of the University of California voted to discourage
admissions officers from giving special consideration to
applicants with connections to donors, politicians, and
other important people: A32
- AN ALABAMA JUDGE has ruled that state lawmakers may continue
to also hold jobs at public colleges: A33
- A FEDERAL JUDGE has barred University of Washington students
from intervening in a lawsuit challenging the institution's
use of affirmative action: A33
- STATUS OF PENDING FEDERAL LEGISLATION: A32
- NEW BILLS IN CONGRESS: A35
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
AN UNUSUAL TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER DEAL
Stanford University and the Yamaha Corporation have agreed to
pool more than 400 patents and patent applications -- most of
them involving sound synthesis: A36
PRESIDENCY ABORTED
L. Douglas Wilder backed out of the top job at Virginia Union
University, days before he was to have taken office, after some
trustees objected to his requests for the resignations of 13
top administrators: A38
SPENDING QUESTIONED
Norfolk State University, which is struggling to close a budget
deficit and received a special loan from the state this year,
has spent more than $204,000 to renovate the home of its new
president, Marie V. McDemmond: A39
STATEMENT ON GOVERNANCE
In a draft report, the Association of Governing Boards of
Universities and Colleges has issued a call for swifter
decision making on campuses: A12
FACING THE IRS
Under a new law, colleges will now be able to appeal decisions
by the Internal Revenue Service that revoke the tax-exempt
status of bonds they have issued: A30
- LAW STUDENTS at Stetson University are angry over the
institution's deal with an electric company that has left
them without power repeatedly this summer: A36
- CAPITAL UNIVERSITY'S law school will open a center devoted
to adoption law: A36
- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS of key events in the
civil-rights movement has been given to the University of
Southern Mississippi: A8
- MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE is erecting a building made partly
of "certified" wood -- lumber that has been logged in a way
that does not harm wildlife: A8
- THE HEIRS OF A NOTED PHYSICIST, Richard P. Feynman, have
sued the California Institute of Technology, alleging that
it violated their copyright to his lectures: A9
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE at Knoxville is seeking funds to
renovate a decaying mansion that it was bequeathed so the
building can serve as the president's home: A9
- FOUNDATION GRANTS; gifts and bequests: A38
STUDENTS
THE WORLD SUBMARINE INVITATIONAL
Engineering and other students from the United States and
Canada designed and built human-powered underwater craft for a
race this summer: A40
HELPING YOUNG INMATES
A program at Indiana University-Purdue University at
Indianapolis uses students as mentors for juveniles who are
about to leave a nearby prison: A9
DECISION FOR DISABLED STUDENTS
Virginia's public colleges must provide voter-registration
materials in their offices for students with disabilities, a
federal court has ruled: A32
ATHLETICS
WHO WINS AT BASKETBALL CAMPS?
Critics say the summer extravaganzas send high-school stars the
message that college athletics are about money, not getting an
education: A41
- OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY has decided to buy its footballs from
a local company, Wilson Sporting Goods, instead of from
Nike, which manufactures its balls overseas: A41
- THE WOMEN'S ATHLETICS PROGRAM at the Citadel is expanding,
now that more women are attending the formerly all-male
institution: A41
INTERNATIONAL
IMBALANCE IN AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM
British officials worry that their universities enroll too many
students from other European countries while too few from
Britain study on the Continent: A43
A RESEARCH LIBRARY IN POLAND
The University of Warsaw has used political savvy and an
entrepreneurial spirit to plan a modern facility, scheduled to
open in 2000: A44
COMPROMISE ON VISAS
Members of Congress have worked out a bill that would raise the
annual cap on temporary visas that are used by foreigners to
work in academe and other industries: A35
- RUSSIAN VOCATIONAL COLLEGES skirted the law recently, at the
behest of army officials, in order to provide the military
with enough conscripts: A43
- FRANCE IS TAKING STEPS to make its scientific-research
projects more competitive internationally: A43
OPINION & LETTERS
TEACHING EVOLUTION
The chilling effect of creationism on teachers is more
worrisome than states' or school boards' bans on teaching
evolution, writes Donald Kennedy, a professor of environmental
science and president emeritus of Stanford University: A48
SURVIVAL OF THE KINDEST
In his research on the evolution of empathy and morality, Frans
B.M. de Waal has found many instances of animals' caring for
one another. The author is a professor of psychology and
director of the Living Links Center at Emory University: B4
PUBLISHING CONTROVERSIAL IDEAS
A collection of essays on the civil-rights movement of the
1960s met strong political resistance from some university
presses, says John Higham, a professor emeritus of history at
the Johns Hopkins University and a former president of the
Organization of American Historians: B6
ON-LINE NEWS: POWER AND PITFALLS
Journalism students should be taught to use technology to
gather information wisely, to report carefully, and to write
responsibly, says Jack Lule, an associate professor and
chairman of the department of journalism and communication at
Lehigh University: B7
TRASHY MOVIES
Thrillers like the James Bond films express our very hatred of
the material world that they seem to showcase so glowingly,
says Bruce Fleming, a professor of English at the U.S. Naval
Academy: B9
WHAT NOSTALGIA WHISPERS
The most desirable pleasures of a summer vacation are
childhood's pleasures: outdoor swimming, indoor games, and
delightful stories: B2
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
GROWING UP FAST
The photographer Lauren Greenfield reveals the dramatic
precocity of Hollywood teenagers, in an exhibition at the
University of Arizona: B60 [Editors' Note: We regret that were
unable to gain permission to post this article on line.]
A HIGHER-EDUCATION GAZETTE
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- DETAILS OF AVAILABLE POSTS, including teaching and research
positions in higher education, administrative and executive
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