A Guide to the November 24, 1995, Issue
of The Chronicle of Higher Education
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INTERNATIONAL
IN FRANCE, GOING TO EXTREMES
French universities are worried as right-wing student groups
expand their reach on the campuses.
ALSO IN FRANCE, STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE
Student protests on French campuses have escalated over a lack
of funds and limited teaching staffs.
IN THE UNITED STATES, REASSESSING STUDY ABROAD
Educators at the annual meeting of the Council on International
Exchange say research on academic-exchange programs is needed
to make overseas study more accessible and effective.
IN CANADA, LABOR DISPUTE RESOLVED
Professors at the University of Manitoba have ended a 24-day
strike over the administration's plans to cut programs and
staff members.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
TROUBLED WATERS
Many of the world's commercial fisheries are threatened by
overfishing or diseases. Legislators, scientists, and fishermen
are arguing over solutions that won't cripple the fishing
industry.
A SCIENTIFIC METAMORPHOSIS
Columbia University is helping Biosphere 2, the collection of
artificially constructed ecosystems, rebuild its image,
steering it away from its secretive past and closer to
traditional science.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
For researchers in the Canadian Arctic, shifting ice and
sensitive politics are just part of the challenge of studying
the behavioral patterns of polar bears.
- DESPITE ITS BAD REVIEWS, HAWTHORNE SCHOLARS may discuss
Demi Moore's film version of "The Scarlet Letter" at the
next meeting of the American Literature Association.
- THE LETTERS OF EDDIE RICKENBACKER, a flying ace in World War
I who was also a prominent political conservative, have been
donated to Auburn University.
- AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE that is devastating turkey populations
in the South is being studied by researchers at North
Carolina State University.
- HOT TYPE.
- Although Routledge press is reorganizing its staff and
cutting back on commissions, its editorial director says
it will continue to publish cultural and gender studies
by high-profile authors.
- The emigre writer Arnost Lustig has become the literary
editor of the Czech edition of "Playboy," a magazine, he
says, with a tradition of publishing "the best writers
and the best interviews."
- 57 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS,briefly described.
- Nota Bene: "Our Vampires, Ourselves," by Nina Auerbach, a
professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
The book is published by the University of Chicago Press.
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS
PROFESSORS BATTLE OVER PAY
Salary-equity studies have sparked controversy among male
professors who claim they are being denied raises because of
their sex.
QUOTING WITHOUT ATTRIBUTION
Drake University is investigating whether its highest-paid
faculty member committed plagiarism in a law-review
article.
CAPTAIN KIRK'S LAWS OF PHYSICS
Lawrence M. Krauss, a Case Western Reserve University
physicist, uses "Star Trek" to explain science to
non-scientists.
DOING MORE WITH LESS
Two professors say universities must use technology to become
less labor-intensive and more cost-efficient.
EX-TRUSTEES SUE AT TALLADEGA COLLEGE
Three former board members have accused the president and the
remaining members of mismanagement.
ONE STEP AT A TIME
Simple changes may achieve significant improvements in an
outmoded higher-education system, writes Clara M. Lovett, the
president of Northern Arizona University.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DOING MORE WITH LESS
Two professors say universities must use technology to become
less labor-intensive and more cost-efficient.
TEMPERED GOALS FOR DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Researchers say it may not be possible to create an overarching
plan for cataloguing and searching the vast amounts of
information available electronically.
OFFENSIVE ELECTRONIC REMARKS
Four freshmen at Cornell University wrote a misogynistic
message that circulated widely on the Internet, drawing harsh
criticism to the students and the campus.
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
CASH AND CARRY
Educators and state lawmakers are considering the idea of
"portable" financial aid to students -- funds that can cross
state lines.
THE DEBATE OVER DIRECT LENDING
Many students and financial-aid officers who support the
program are perplexed by the heated arguments and opposition it
has triggered on Capitol Hill.
NEWS, GOOD AND BAD, ON TAX BREAKS
Provisions favorable to colleges have moved forward in
Congress, but some of the benefits are being scaled back.
REFUNDING STUDENT FEES
University of Virginia students who object to campus religious
or political groups may be able to get some of their money back
from the mandatory student-activities fee.
STUDENT AID FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Republicans in Congress have backed off of plans to deny
federal funds to hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants.
BUSINESS & PHILANTHROPY
EX-TRUSTEES SUE AT TALLADEGA COLLEGE
Three former board members have accused the president and the
remaining members of mismanagement.
STUDENTS
WHO'S UP, WHO'S DOWN
Enrollment trends this year include fewer students at community
colleges and surges at Southeastern institutions.
NO VACANCIES
Some colleges had to think up creative housing solutions this
fall when they enrolled too many freshmen for the dormitory
rooms available.
CURBS SOUGHT IN MEDICAL-SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
A panel of health-policy experts says the number of first-year
medical students should be cut 20 to 25 per cent, primarily by
shutting down entire institutions.
STUDENT AID FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Republicans in Congress have backed off of plans to deny
federal funds to hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants.
CASH AND CARRY
Educators and state lawmakers are considering the idea of
"portable" financial aid to students -- funds that can cross
state lines.
THE DEBATE OVER DIRECT LENDING
Many students and financial-aid officers who support the
program are perplexed by the heated arguments and opposition it
has triggered on Capitol Hill.
GOING TO EXTREMES IN FRANCE
French universities are worried as right-wing student groups
expand their reach on the campuses.
FRENCH STUDENTS ON STRIKE
Student protests on French campuses have escalated over a lack
of funds and limited teaching staffs.
STUDENT DEBT VS. NATIONAL DEBT
Eliminating federal loan subsidies will not prevent students
from attending college, and it may help lower the nation's
deficit, write Ross I. Booher, a law student at the University
of Tennessee, and Kevin W. Jones, a graduate student at the
University of Kentucky.
- A DRY FRATERNITY at the University of Colorado has been
accused of forcing a freshman to drink enough whisky to
almost kill him.
- A PASTORAL LETTER by the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops encourages Catholic college students to adhere to
their faith.
- THE CHANCELLOR WAS HANGED IN EFFIGY at the University of
Wisconsin at Milwaukee to protest his failure to disband a
student newspaper that had printed racial epithets.
- RUNNERS IN THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON got a morale boost
from a "psyching team," which included a dozen graduate
students in clinical psychology.
- THE APPARENT SUICIDE OF A STUDENT at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may be connected to the recent
murder of a campus employee.
- A SPACE-SHUTTLE LAUNCH was the latest recruiting device for
Purdue University, which invited high-school-honor students
to attend the liftoff of the Atlantis.
- AN ANONYMOUS LETTER RATING THE APPEARANCE of female students
has sparked a debate about sexual harassment at Yale
University's law school.
- RACIST GRAFFITI scrawled on doors and mirrors on
Pennsylvania State University's main campus prompted a rally
that drew more than 2,000 students.
ATHLETICS
INVALIDATING AN S.A.T. SCORE
Kenneth Haslip, an athlete at the University of Southern
California, has sued the Educational Testing Service because it
accused him of cheating on the exam.
A "FAIRNESS INDEX"
The Rainbow Commission for Fairness in Athletics has rated 152
colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's top
division on their treatment of black athletes and coaches.
BOYCOTT ENDS AT HOLY CROSS
Black athletes at the College of the Holy Cross returned to
practice last week, after a move to change the charter of the
Black Student Union was rescinded.
- A WATCHDOG GROUP FOR COLLEGE SPORTS, the Knight Foundation
Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, may close down if
the National Collegiate Athletic Association votes to
restructure itself.
- A VETERAN GADFLY of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association has intentionally broken the organization's
recruitment regulations.
- SOCCER FANS SHOVELED SNOW off the field for a key game at
the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
OPINION & LETTERS
VOTING FOR CHANGE
Americans seem to want a third political party, but what they
may really crave is an end to politics as usual, says Everett
Carll Ladd, a professor of political science and director of
the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University
of Connecticut.
ONE STEP AT A TIME
Simple changes may achieve significant improvements in an
outmoded higher-education system, writes Clara M. Lovett, the
president of Northern Arizona University.
STUDENT DEBT VS. NATIONAL DEBT
Eliminating federal loan subsidies will not prevent students
from attending college, and it may help lower the nation's
deficit, write Ross I. Booher, a law student at the University
of Tennessee, and Kevin W. Jones, a graduate student at the
University of Kentucky.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
AN INDEPENDENT-MINDED IDIOM
Silkscreens made by the Chicano community of Los Angeles are on
display at the University of California campus there through
January 7.