A Guide to the June 21, 1996, Issue
of The Chronicle of Higher Education
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INTERNATIONAL
IN UGANDA, A TIME OF HOPE
Decades of repression and civil unrest once brought Makerere
University to the brink of collapse, but now the country's
foremost university has entered an era of renewal and
reform: A33
IN ISRAEL, LIFE AFTER THE ELECTION
The country's academics have called on Binyamin Netanyahu, the
Prime Minister-elect, to adopt policies that will help
institutions of higher education: A34
IN GERMANY, AN UNLIKELY DESTINATION
The German government and Hillel, a Jewish-life group on
American campuses, are coordinating a program to bring American
Jewish students to a land many associate only with the
Holocaust: A34
IN CANADA, SPREADING THE WORD
As government support for higher education dwindles, Canadian
professors feel growing pressure to explain why their work is
relevant to their country: A34
IN CUBA, FRESH CONNECTIONS
Drake University students recently explored the complexities
and contradictions of a country demonized by some Americans and
idolized by others: A43
- IN BRITAIN, professors at the University of Cambridge will
vote on whether the institution should accept a large
donation from a major tobacco company: A33
- IN THE UNITED STATES, the National Security Education
Program continues to feel the blows of the budget ax: A33
- IN ETHIOPIA, a group of medical students and professors from
Howard University is conducting research and training
programs: A33
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
A PASSION FOR ARABIC POETRY
A husband-and-wife team of scholars of the Near East is trying
to convey to new audiences the richness, subtlety, and
cultural importance of ancient Islamic verse: A6
"ENORMOUS THEOREM": THE ABRIDGED VERSION
A dozen scholars are engaged in a project to make a 15,000-page
mathematical proof shorter and easier to understand: A8
- THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO has rallied from the departure of
William Julius Wilson, its foremost scholar of race and
urban issues, by founding two new centers that will continue
his work: A6
- TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN RICHMOND are sponsoring an exhibit on
the often-misunderstood period of Reconstruction: A6
- TWO PROFESSORS have
designed an autonomous submarine that can collect data and
bring the information back to researchers: A5
- HOT TYPE: A10
- The University of Chicago Press has been criticized as
excessively timid for deciding not to publish a
controversial book on "terrorism discourse."
- W.W. Norton, a dominant force in anthology publications,
is broadening its scope with a new collection on literary
theory. It also will now distribute books published by
Verso.
- 35 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A10-11
- Nota Bene: Honor & Slavery, by Kenneth S. Greenberg,
a historian at Suffolk University. The book is published
by Princeton University Press.
- 103 SCHOLARS have been honored with fellowships and other
awards; all of them are listed in this issue of The
Chronicle: A12
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS
ON THE BLACKLIST
The American Association of University Professors voted at its
annual meeting to censure Garland County Community College, St.
Bonaventure University, and the University of Southern
California for violating faculty rights: A13
MORE PAY FOR PRESIDENTS
A new survey has revealed that the average salary earned by
heads of colleges and universities is still rising but their
average tenure in office is not: A14
- Two tables show the average salaries of colleges'
chief executives in 1995 and the employment policies and
perquisites provided to college presidents: A14
A PROFESSOR'S RELIGIOUS VIEWS
Brigham Young University has denied tenure to Gail T. Houston,
a popular professor of English, because some of her opinions
contradict teachings of the Mormon Church: A15
WILDERNESS MAN
Donald P. Buckley, a biologist at the University of Hartford,
is training elementary- and secondary-school teachers to
collect important scientific data with their students -- data
that could help to preserve the natural world: A5
"ACADEMIC FREEDOM" AND THE A.A.U.P.
The American Association of University Professors' support for
group preferences undercuts its commitment to fundamental
academic values, argue Stephen H. Balch and Peter N. Warren,
both of the National Association of Scholars: A44
- TIME MAGAZINE included five scholars on its recently
published list of the 25 most-influential Americans: A13
- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY REGENTS rejected a proposed humanities
center out of concern that it might promote a "revisionist"
approach to history: A13
- A SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT DOANE COLLEGE has been suspended
for threatening one student and verbally abusing others who
used profane language on a field trip: A4
- A JURY HAS ORDERED FOUR PROFESSORS at the University of
Maryland at College Park to pay $600,000 to a former
graduate student for wrongfully expelling her from the
psychology department: A4
-
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY has settled two lawsuits with
former employees who claimed they were fired for blowing the
whistle on problems at the institution: A5
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FREE SPEECH ON THE INTERNET
A panel of federal judges last week struck down a law that
would have made it illegal to send "indecent" or "patently
offensive" material via the Internet: A17
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
UNPOPULAR POWERHOUSE
Leo Kornfeld's "in your face" management style may have saved
the U.S. Education Department's direct-lending program from
oblivion. But it made him some enemies and may have cost him
his job: A21
SQUELCHING DISSENT?
Critics say the City University of New York is using a special
security force to keep track of protesters and to intimidate
them: A22
RESEARCH ON PREGNANT WOMEN
The federal government may ease restrictions -- created to
protect expectant mothers -- that many scientists say impede
medical progress: A23
A FIGHT FOR STATE FUNDS
Columbia Union College, which is affiliated with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church, has sued Maryland, claiming that
the state discriminated against it on religious grounds: A24
SAVING FOR COLLEGE
The Internal Revenue Service said last week that it would not
seek to tax income from states' prepaid-tuition programs: A25
INCREASES FOR 1997
The Pell Grant program and the National Institutes of Health
were among agencies that would receive more money in bills
approved last week by House of Representatives panels: A25
- REP. JIM BUNN of Oregon is trying to save the State Student
Incentive Grant Program from elimination -- an unusual
position for a freshman Republican to advocate: A21
- BOWDOIN COLLEGE, which was founded when Maine was still part
of Massachusetts, needs to get the approval of that state's
legislature before it can change its charter: A21
- GOV. TONY KNOWLES, a Democrat, has vetoed for the second
time a bill giving the University of Alaska a 350,000-acre
land grant: A22
- THE U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TOLD the Ohio Board of Regents
last week that its draft plan to improve Central State
University, a historically black institution, was
unsatisfactory: A22
- A PROPOSAL IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE would allow public
colleges and universities in the state to set their own
tuition rates: A22
- CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS were not impressed with the ideas
offered by officials of academic health centers at a hearing
on ways to sustain graduate medical education: A25
- A SENATE PANEL APPROVED a bill last week that would extend a
tax exemption for workers whose employers help pay their
college tuition: A25
BUSINESS & PHILANTHROPY
CONTINUING CAMPAIGNS
Some fund raisers are worried that the growing number of
colleges who run back-to-back drives for money may undermine
the colleges' credibility, dismay donors, and exhaust
volunteers: A26
STUDENTS
FILLING THE FRESHMAN CLASS
To stop their plummeting enrollments, some small private
colleges are hiring consulting companies to help them attract
students, but the consultants don't have all the answers: A29
FOLLOWING THE CODE
Students at James Madison University have criticized their
president, Ronald E. Carrier, for lifting the suspensions of
two students whose punishments were stipulated by college
regulations: A30
AN UNLIKELY DESTINATION
The German government and Hillel, a Jewish-life group on
American campuses, are coordinating a program to bring American
Jewish students to a land many associate only with the
Holocaust: A34
CUBAN CONNECTION
Drake University students recently explored the complexities
and contradictions of a country demonized by some Americans and
idolized by others: A43
ATHLETICS
A NEW VIEW OF AMATEURISM
The executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association urged colleges in a speech last week to rethink
rules that prevent student athletes from earning money: A31
ROYALTIES AT STAKE
A company that made logo-licensing deals with many black
colleges may owe them thousands of dollars: A32
OPENING THE BOOKS
A federal judge has ordered Division I members of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association to provide detailed financial
data on their sports programs: A32
-
RICHIE PARKER, a star basketball player who was convicted of
sexual assault, has accepted a scholarship from Long Island
University: A31
- A SWIMMER AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, Matthew A. Miller, is
roiling the waters, and possibly violating National
Collegiate Athletic Association rules, by modeling: A31
OPINION & LETTERS
"ACADEMIC FREEDOM" AND THE A.A.U.P.
The American Association of University Professors' support for
group preferences undercuts its commitment to fundamental
academic values, argue Stephen H. Balch and Peter N. Warren,
both of the National Association of Scholars: A44
CIVIL TALK ABOUT SCIENCE
Hostility among scholars is undermining efforts to hold a
reasoned debate about how the work of scientists is affected by
the larger society, writes Bruce V. Lewenstein, an associate
professor of communication and of science-and-technology studies
at Cornell University: B1
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
CREATING A NATIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH ART
"A Shadow Born of Earth: New Photography in Mexico," an exhibit
on display at the Boston College Museum of Art, runs through
September 15: B48