SLIGHT INCREASE IN PH.D.'S
In 1998, for the third consecutive year, the production of doctorates by American research universities grew minutely, according to a survey: A18

CHURCH TEACHINGS
American bishops overwhelmingly approved a controversial set of rules for Roman Catholic colleges: A20

A WIN FOR A FACULTY UNION
Professors at Manhattan College, a private institution, have the right to bargain collectively, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has ruled: A20

PEER REVIEW
At the Harvard Graduate School of Education, two professors share an academic deanship. ... A long-time spokesman for a business-school association moves over to a new distance-education company: A14

WRITING AND TECHNOLOGY
Many professors are disturbed by the bad habits they think students have picked up by composing their papers on computers: A67

THE PROBLEM WITH PRINCIPLES
Stanley Fish, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, argues that academic freedom exiles from its confines any discourse that violates its rules: B4

A controversy over ethnic studies has flared anew at Berkeley: A18

THE FAITH FACTOR
Sociologists have long held religion at arm's length, but its role in solving social problems is now under study: A21

EXTRASOLAR DISCOVERY
For the first time, astronomers have directly observed a planet outside the solar system: A22

'THE LAST MYSTERY' OF THE MIND
Consciousness -- its nature and its meaning -- is explored in a new book by Antonio Damasio, a neurologist at the University of Iowa: A23

HOT TYPE
The New York Times canceled an unusual ad campaign for a comic novel by Boston University's Leslie Epstein. ... University librarians say the editors of the Journal of Molecular Structure are padding the costly periodical: A24

Chimpanzees are more genetically diverse than human beings, a study shows: A24

Ice covering the Arctic Ocean has thinned drastically in the last 40 years, according to data compiled by nuclear submarines: A24

Scientists say they've found a faster, cheaper way to make "gene chips," a key technology in genetics research: A24

New scholarly books: A26-30

• Nota Bene: Ancient Greek Love Magic, by Christopher A. Faraone.

• Verbatim: Proximity to Death, William S. McFeely.

The National Research Council has awarded 116 fellowships: A77

ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND COLLEGE ACCESS
The University of California, like many colleges, favors applicants who have taken the courses, but two lawsuits question the fairness of that policy and demand that the classes' availability be broadened: A32

FLORIDA'S APPROACH ON PREFERENCES
As the state's Board of Regents prepared to vote on a proposal to do away with affirmative action in admissions, politicians and educators raised objections: A34

A BUDGET DEAL IS STRUCK
Negotiators for the White House and Congress reached agreement on a spending plan that would raise the maximum Pell Grant by $175 and give the the National Institutes of Health $17.9-billion in fiscal 2000: A36

• The budget picture is mixed for federal agencies that support academic scientists: A36

DEFINING RESEARCH MISCONDUCT
Scientists generally back proposed new federal guidelines, but they also are suggesting some changes: A39

California State University says its student-remediation needs are coming under control: A32

Complaints by some lobbyists for scientific research irked Republican leaders as budget negotiations proceeded: A32

Students in Washington, D.C., will receive a college-tuition subsidy under legislation signed by President Clinton this month: A40

A new report urged greater collaboration in clinical research between universities and managed-care providers to recruit participants: A40

The University of California says that security has improved at the nuclear-weapons laboratories it manages for the Energy Department: A40

An advocacy group says it has largely met its goal of getting the National Science Foundation to increase spending and attention on environmental research: A40

People in Washington: A40

New bills in Congress: A40

New federal regulatory actions: A40

WHAT THEY EARNED
A Chronicle survey finds that eight private-college presidents earned more than $500,000 in 1997-98, and 61 topped $300,000: A41

• Faculty members pay careful attention to the size of presidential raises, and many presidents eye professors' raises when thinking of their own: A43

• Pay and benefits of leaders at 475 private colleges and universities: A44-64

William Bennett, the conservative commentator and former Education Secretary, quit a committee searching for a new Hillsdale College president: A41

The founder of one of the nation's largest black-owned businesses has given a total of $4-million to four Southern colleges to promote entrepreneurship: A41

An entrepreneur has pledged $100-million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A65

Students formed a coalition this month to pressure colleges nationwide into investing their endowments in a socially responsible manner: A65

The financial gap may grow between wealthy private colleges and their less-affluent counterparts, according to a report by Moody's Investors Service: A65

Foundation grants; gifts and bequests: A65

WRITING AND TECHNOLOGY
Many professors are disturbed by the bad habits they think students have picked up by composing their papers on computers: A67

FINDING THE FOOTNOTES
Twelve publishers of scientific journals have started work on a system that could ease research by interlinking millions of on-line articles: A68

ON-LINE LECTURE NOTES
A rapid increase in the number of Web sites that publish the material without professors' permission has prompted some colleges to consider taking legal action: A69

CAN COMPUTERS PRAY?
An exhibition organized by the School of Visual Arts features a small network of iMacs reciting devotions: A71

Many students got F's on their midterm report cards for an on-line course at the University of Iowa, in part because of technical glitches: A67

New satellite broadcasts, sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Annenberg Foundation, will offer 24-hour-a-day training for teachers: A71

A Web site at Oregon State University offers a flood of water-resource treaties: A71

GROWING GENDER GAP
College presidents and deans gathered at Goucher College last week to try to figure out why male enrollments are declining: A73

TRAGEDY AT TEXAS A&M;
A 40-foot-high stack of logs being readied for a traditional pregame bonfire collapsed, claiming the lives of at least nine students: A74

ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND COLLEGE ACCESS
The University of California, like many colleges, favors applicants who have taken the courses, but two lawsuits question the fairness of that policy and whether the classes' availability could be broadened: A32

CULTS WITH GREEK LETTERS
Fraternities and sororities that practice hazing should be abolished before more young people are harmed, argues Hank Nuwer, an adjunct professor of journalism at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis: B7

Some students at the University of Notre Dame say its identity as a Roman Catholic institution is eroding: A73

Wesleyan University has committed to offering more financial aid, so students on the Connecticut campus graduate with less-crushing debt loads: A73

Students in Washington, D.C., will receive a college-tuition subsidy under legislation signed by President Clinton this month: A40

Students formed a coalition this month to pressure colleges nationwide into investing their endowments in a socially responsible manner: A65

Short Subjects: Portrait of bottled chancellor spurs debate at University of Arkansas; Berkeley rejects bid to update mascot; University of Kansas plays role in Hollywood movie; students from Stevens Tech parade with Macy's balloons; University of Maine compromises to save tree; art student wins U.S. duck-stamp contest: A12

Two athletes at Heidelberg College have been expelled and accused of videotaping themselves raping an unconscious woman: A74

THE NEW RUSSIAN SCIENCE
In Siberia, researchers are seeking to revive the country's tradition of achievement by taking a Western-oriented approach: A75

RESIGNATION IN MEXICO
The rector of the nation's largest university -- where a student strike has been going on for nearly seven months -- announced that he would step down: A76

Maclean's, a weekly magazine, has issued its annual rankings of Canadian colleges: A75

New York University law students attended a meeting of world leaders in Italy last weekend: A75

SCIENCE AND RELIGION DON'T MIX
Sir John Templeton's wealth has brought the two sides of the human experience together, writes Lawrence M. Krauss, chairman of the physics department at Case Western Reserve University, but the result is intellectually empty: A88

THE PROBLEM WITH PRINCIPLES
Stanley Fish, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, argues that academic freedom exiles from its confines any discourse that violates its rules: B4

CULTS WITH GREEK LETTERS
Fraternities and sororities that practice hazing should be abolished before more young people are harmed, argues Hank Nuwer, an adjunct professor of journalism at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis: B7

MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE YOUNG
We need a theory of how psychotherapy works for children and adolescents, writes Alan E. Kazdin, chairman of the department of psychology at Yale University: B9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Is success in business a qualification for giving advice to academe?: B3

• Tenure's main function now is to intimidate: B10

• Limited grounds for revoking degrees: B10

• "Rational discourse" and free speech: B11

• California law to assist adjuncts: B11

• Americans in the sciences: B11

BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION
Thomas Sgouros, who teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design, invited the engraver Barry Moser to meet with his students: B2

INFINITY AS A METAPHOR
"Visual Proof: The Experience of Mathematics in Art," an exhibition of paintings and other works, is at Dartmouth College: B96

CAN COMPUTERS PRAY?
An exhibition organized by the School of Visual Arts features a small network of iMacs reciting devotions: A71

Short Subjects: Portrait of bottled chancellor spurs debate at University of Arkansas; Berkeley rejects bid to update mascot; University of Kansas plays role in Hollywood movie; students from Stevens Tech parade with Macy's balloons; University of Maine compromises to save tree; art student wins U.S. duck-stamp contest: A12

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