From the issue dated February 21, 2003
THE FACULTY THE PART-TIMERS' DILEMMA As adjunct professors flock to unions, they face a choice: Join with full-timers, gaining strength in numbers? Or go their own way, to keep an independent voice? RX FOR POSTDOCS Some experts say the National Institutes of Health should do more to improve the lives of recent Ph.D.'s in low-paying academic research jobs. BREAD'S HIS BUTTER Chef Peter Reinhart cooks up a savory baking program at Johnson and Wales University. HELP FOR THE NEWLY TENURED Feeling blue, not exhilarated, over your achievement? The Academic Therapist offers advice on coping with Post-Tenure Depression.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING GETTING EMOTIONAL The study of feelings, once the province of psychology, is now spreading to history, literature, and other fields. WHOSE LOCK AND KEY? The potential effectiveness of Palladium, Microsoft's new approach to computer security, is worrying academics, who say it could allow publishers to dam the free flow of online information. THE NEWEST NEW WAVE In Paris, a proliferation of magazines and the tools of the digital age have revitalized the expatriate literary scene, writes Ethan Gilsdorf, a writer, critic, editor, and poet living in Paris.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS RX FOR POSTDOCS Some experts say the National Institutes of Health should do more to improve the lives of recent Ph.D.'s in low-paying academic research jobs. BUCKING A TREND North Carolina and Texas are considering proposals that would blunt the trend of tuition increases at public colleges around the country. 'FORTY ACRES AND A MULE'? Proponents of reparations for slavery often argue that the United States failed to fulfill its promise to give land to freedpeople. The reality may have been even harsher, writes John David Smith, a professor of history and director of the master's program in public history at North Carolina State University. THE AGE OF EXPLOITATION The Bush administration appears to have no coherent environmental policy, only a desire to pay off its corporate patrons, writes Malcolm G. Scully, The Chronicle's editor at large.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT Bob Kerrey, the former U.S. senator who runs New School University, may have his eyes on the White House. But right now he's having fun defying his campus critics. PUBLICITY HOUNDS Colleges should spend less time chasing after national headlines and more time assessing what they do for students, writes John Ross, a senior consultant with George Dehne and Associates Integrated Services.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WHOSE LOCK AND KEY? The potential effectiveness of Palladium, Microsoft's new approach to computer security, is worrying academics, who say it could allow publishers to dam the free flow of online information.
STUDENTS FEVERED PITCH The competition for the top students for business and law schools has become so fierce that recruiters are perfecting the hard sell.
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INTERNATIONAL JAPAN'S SHRINKING SYSTEM After a decade of recession and years of declining college enrollments, the country with the world's third-largest economy is asking its universities to merge.
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW 'LET IT RIP, SPEED KING' A collection of unfamiliar quotations includes the language's best examples of transcendence and grace. By Ben Yagoda, a professor of English at the University of Delaware. CODDLING STUDENTS ... If Harvard University stopped worrying so much about its students' anxieties, it would become a less trendy place. And it would re-establish its right to leadership, writes Harvey C. Mansfield, a professor of government at the university. ... AND THE DEVALUING OF EDUCATION While the allures of Kamp Kenyon may keep the college's enrollment healthy, they may also undermine the values that make such liberal-arts institutions worth attending, writes P.F. Kluge, writer in residence at Kenyon College. LANGUAGE GAMES The linguistic abuse of the word "justification" allows its users -- from politicians to pundits -- to avoid explaining themselves, writes Carlin Romano, critic at large for The Chronicle. 'FORTY ACRES AND A MULE'? Proponents of reparations for slavery often argue that the United States failed to fulfill its promise to give land to freedpeople. The reality may have been even harsher, writes John David Smith, a professor of history and director of the master's program in public history at North Carolina State University. THE AGE OF EXPLOITATION The Bush administration appears to have no coherent environmental policy, only a desire to pay off its corporate patrons, writes Malcolm G. Scully, The Chronicle's editor at large. THE NEWEST NEW WAVE In Paris, a proliferation of magazines and the tools of the digital age have revitalized the expatriate literary scene, writes Ethan Gilsdorf, a writer, critic, editor, and poet living in Paris. PUBLICITY HOUNDS Colleges should spend less time chasing after national headlines and more time assessing what they do for students, writes John Ross, a senior consultant with George Dehne and Associates Integrated Services. ART, TRUTH, AND RECONCILIATION An exhibition features the post-apartheid work of black and white South African artists. HELP FOR THE NEWLY TENURED Feeling blue, not exhilarated, over your achievement? The Academic Therapist offers advice on coping with Post-Tenure Depression. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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