From the issue dated January 17, 2003
THE FACULTY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT The United Automobile Workers has become a major force in organizing college teaching assistants. BEATING A TA UNION Henrik N. Dullea, vice president for university relations at Cornell University, examines why the university's teaching and research assistants voted not to unionize. INSTRUCTIVE PERSPECTIVE Making teaching a topic of scholarship could reinvigorate the study of literature, writes Elaine Showalter, a professor of English at Princeton University. 'SACRIFICIAL LAMB' New documentaries and books recall a pivotal event in civil-rights history: the murder of Emmett Till in 1955. Thomas Doherty, an associate professor of film studies at Brandeis University, offers a critical look at the new works.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING EPIC WITHOUT END A scholar tackles The Epic of Gesar of Ling, an oral poem recounting the triumph of the first king of Tibet over cannibalistic demons. EXPANDING WAISTLINE? Earth is getting pudgier near the equator, and a scientific report suggests that global warming is one cause. COLLECTIBLE MAO Red badges and other memorabilia of China's Cultural Revolution are hot; an anthropologist at Marquette University is studying the phenomenon. PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES Centers for advanced study are powerful interdisciplinary incubators. They could well give rise to a third stage in the production of knowledge, writes W. Robert Connor, who has just retired as president and director of the National Humanities Center.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES Some college officials are worried about the growing power of the home-schooling lobby to influence the Bush administration on higher-education policy. CONFUSED SUBJECTS A survey of medical schools finds that consent forms for participants in research studies are likely to be too hard to follow. FALLING BEHIND Texas is not meeting its goal to enroll more Hispanic students, according to a progress report on the state's master plan for higher education.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT STRUGGLING TO STAY OPEN Morris Brown College, in Atlanta, exemplifies the plight of many private historically black institutions. EFFICIENCIES AT WHAT COST? California State University's $400-million effort to centralize administrative computing has led to controversy not only over the cost, but also over pressure on individual colleges to change policies.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENCIES AT WHAT COST? California State University's $400-million effort to centralize administrative computing has led to controversy not only over the cost, but also over pressure on individual colleges to change policies. KMARX@MCLUHAN.NET If the Internet's so fast, why has studying it slowed down a political-science dissertation? asks Alexandra Samuel, a doctoral student in Harvard University's government department.
STUDENTS POLICING PUBLIC SEX Across the country, college officials are stepping up efforts against gay encounters in men's lavatories on campuses. Some people say that represents a double standard.
ATHLETICS JOCK MAJORS An academic review of the football teams that competed in this year's bowl games shows that many universities allow players to take an easy path to a degree.
INTERNATIONAL DEADLY DISPUTE OVER HAZING The fatal beating of an opponent of the abuse of freshmen at a Sri Lankan university has shaken up educators and government officials.
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW KMARX@MCLUHAN.NET If the Internet's so fast, why has studying it slowed down a political-science dissertation? asks Alexandra Samuel, a doctoral student in Harvard University's government department. INSTRUCTIVE PERSPECTIVE Making teaching a topic of scholarship could reinvigorate the study of literature, writes Elaine Showalter, a professor of English at Princeton University. PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES Centers for advanced study are powerful interdisciplinary incubators. They could well give rise to a third stage in the production of knowledge, writes W. Robert Connor, who has just retired as president and director of the National Humanities Center. 'SACRIFICIAL LAMB' New documentaries and books recall a pivotal event in civil-rights history: the murder of Emmett Till in 1955. Thomas Doherty, an associate professor of film studies at Brandeis University, offers a critical look at the new works. ATROCITY AND ART An exhibit of works from Auschwitz explores creativity as a tool of both oppression and survival. BEATING A TA UNION Henrik N. Dullea, vice president for university relations at Cornell University, examines why the university's teaching and research assistants voted not to unionize.
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