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INTERNATIONAL
A BROODING SENSE OF FAILURE
A growing number of African intellectuals, viewing their
higher-education systems in disarray, say they have let their
countries down: A47
SMALLER ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT
Meeting in Italy, European university leaders agreed that a
more competitive environment means that their institutions must
become more entrepreneurial: A49
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute are using
cutting-edge technology to improve the quality of life in
Venice: B2
- BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER Tony Blair says expansion of higher
education is critical to the country's "modernization": A47
- ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER Binyamin Netanyahu has let it be
known that he is against a proposal to dismantle the
nation's Ministry of Science: A47
- FRANCE'S EDUCATION MINISTER, Claude Allegre, says his top
priorities are a new exchange system among European
universities and expanded adult education: A47
- CANADIAN STUDENTS who declare bankruptcy within two years of
graduation will now be held responsible for their college
debts: A49
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO'S plan to honor former President
George Bush has drawn fire from faculty members and
students: A49
- SCORES OF PRIVATE colleges and universities in the
Philippines staged a one-day lockout last week to protest
legislation that would install a student representative on
each institution's governing board: A49
- HUNDREDS OF SERB POLICE used tear gas and clubs to break up
a protest by ethnic Albanians, most of whom were demanding
the right to be educated in their own language: A49
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
WORKING UP A SWEAT
Paul T. Williams, a scientist at the University of California's Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, says that U.S. exercise standards are too low. People need more-intense, longer workouts, he says: A15
MEAN STREETS
A new book by Robert Jackall, a sociologist at Williams
College, describes the two years he spent with New York City
detectives who were battling a criminal ring: A16
THE NOT-SO-DISMAL SCIENCE
Harvard University's N. Gregory Mankiw got a $1.4-million
advance for an introductory-economics textbook. Now the market
will pass its judgment: A12
ANALYSES' ACCURACY
Critics are questioning the objectivity of the National Science
Foundation when it studies the social and economic impact of
research: A34
ETHICAL DILEMMA
A federal advisory commission has heard testimony from
psychiatric patients as it tries to write regulations to govern
the treatment of research subjects: A36
- FEMALE PAPER WASPS make sure that larvae get the first crack
at any food brought to their nests by forcefully keeping
male wasps back: A17
- THE EDITOR of the medical journal Pediatrics has
apologized for publishing a study 25 years ago on sudden
infant death syndrome that turned out to be flawed: A17
- CHEMICALS RETRIEVED from a meteorite suggest that the origin
of life on earth may have been influenced by
extraterrestrial sources: A17
- THE ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH Libraries and the American
Chemical Society are discussing the possibility of jointly
producing a low-cost chemistry journal that would be
distributed only on line: A25
- A NEW WILDLIFE PRESERVE at Georgia Southern University
has 12 predatory birds who live free from cages and nets: A8
- A PALEONTOLOGIST who unearthed what may be the largest
tyrannosaur ever found says the remains have been damaged by
poachers: A10
- HOT TYPE: A21
- Tom Morris, a former philosophy professor at the
University of Notre Dame, has moved into the realm of
motivational speaking. His latest book is If Aristotle
Ran General Motors: The New Soul of Business.
- Bruce Fleming, a professor of English at the U.S. Naval
Academy, has written an experimental novel, Twilley,
which he began as a senior at Haverford College.
- 81 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A20-24
- THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE Association has honored 27
people for scholarly or professional contributions to the
field: A51-52
- THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL has announced the names of 100
recipients of fellowships: A52
THE FACULTY
THE NOT-SO-DISMAL SCIENCE
Harvard University's N. Gregory Mankiw got a $1.4-million
advance for an introductory-economics textbook. Now the market
will pass its judgment: A12
FULL-TIME QUESTION
The use of part-time professors sparked debate and calls for
action at a meeting of representatives of 10 learned societies
and faculty groups: A14
MASTER JUGGLER
Nancy W. Dickey, a professor at Texas A&M University, has been
tapped as the next president of the American Medical
Association. Her other roles include mother and physician: A10
A FREE-SPEECH ISSUE
College groups hope to overturn a court ruling that they say
could limit First Amendment protections of comments that
professors make at continuing-education seminars: A38
FINDING CONNECTIONS
As a white professor at a historically black university, Karl
Henzy, an English professor at Morgan State University, writes
that his students help him transcend the standard classroom: B6
OPENING THE PIPELINE
Minority-group students can be encouraged to pursue graduate
studies if they are made to feel welcome, writes David R.
Burgess, a biologist at the University of Pittsburgh: B7
- A HISTORY PROFESSOR at the University of California at
Irvine has finally been granted access to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation's classified reports on John Lennon: A12
- DONNA Y. SHAVLIK, the long-time director of the American
Council on Education's office on women, has resigned to help
develop a new center in Montana on home and workplace
issues: A12
- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has sued the California State
University System, charging that its early-retirement
program had practiced age discrimination: A35
- A PROFESSOR at the University of North Texas who said that minority students have poor class-attendance records was put
on paid leave: A8
- A PROFESSOR AT OHIO UNIVERSITY and others are fighting to
preserve an old-growth forest: A10
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SIMULATED PROBLEMS
A chemical-engineering professor at the Johns Hopkins
University has programmed a "virtual laboratory" that permits
students to perform interactive experiments on the World-Wide
Web: A25
SPRUCED-UP WEB PAGES
Summer workshops and $3,000 grants have given 90 professors at
the University of Iowa a technological edge in the classroom
this fall: A26
SERIOUS TALK
The Georgia Institute of Technology and Syracuse University are
experimenting with incorporating a graphical chat-room program
into courses: A27
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute are using
cutting-edge technology to improve the quality of life in
Venice: B2
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
MORE PAPERWORK?
Now that tax breaks for students and their families have been enacted, the federal government may require colleges to provide it with extensive new information: A31
COMPROMISE BILLS
Congressional negotiators have approved a $98-million budget
for the National Endowment for the Arts and $426-million for
the AmeriCorps national-service program for fiscal 1998: A32
INFORMATION ON NON-PROFIT GROUPS
The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed rules that would
require tax-exempt organizations, including colleges, to make
their tax returns more available to the public: A33
ANALYSES' ACCURACY
Critics are questioning the objectivity of the National Science
Foundation when it studies the social and economic impact of
research: A34
ETHICAL DILEMMA
A federal advisory commission has heard testimony from
psychiatric patients as it tries to write regulations to govern
the treatment of research subjects: A36
A FREE-SPEECH ISSUE
College groups hope to overturn a court ruling that they say
could limit First Amendment protections of comments that
professors make at continuing-education seminars: A38
CONSOLIDATION PUSH
Administrators at the many branches of Alabama's public
colleges are criticizing a proposal that state money go only to
those campuses that enroll more than 500 students: A39
- RECENT ASSAULTS on public colleges' affirmative-action
programs have opened up opportunities for two radical
leftist organizations: A31
- KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, in New York City, has
created a political ruckus by inviting only the Democratic
mayoral candidate to speak on its campus: A31
- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has sued the California State
University System, charging that its early-retirement
program had practiced age discrimination: A35
- A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES committee has approved a bill
that would allow students in the direct-loan program to
refinance their loans in the guaranteed-loan program for one
year: A37
- A HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE has voted against a proposal to let
universities outside the land-grant system compete for some
agricultural-extension funds: A37
- WILLIAM CAREY COLLEGE has agreed to return $335,366 in grant
money to the U.S. Department of Education after a federal
investigation found that college officials had lied to get
the grant: A37
- NEW BILLS AND HEARINGS IN CONGRESS; new federal regulations: A38
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
A FLAKY ARTS SCHOOL NO LONGER
In his 22 years at Bard College, President Leon Botstein has
been credited with transforming the institution's mission: A41
RECORD-SETTING CAMPAIGN
Yale University has announced the end of a five-year effort
that brought in $1.7-billion, the largest amount in the history
of higher education: A44
MORE PAPERWORK?
Now that tax breaks for students and their families have been
enacted, the federal government may require colleges to provide
it with extensive new information: A31
DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS
Colleges and other tax-exempt organizations soon may have to
make their tax returns more available to the public, according
to new rules proposed by the U.S. Treasury Department: A33
- WILLIAM H. GRAY III, president of the United Negro College
Fund, has had a cologne named in his honor: A41
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY, which has been criticized for not
offering tenure to enough women, has received two gifts
designated for female scholars: A41
- TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY has laid off 84 staff members and
eliminated seven vacant positions to reduce its budget by
$4.5-million: A43
- THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR James A. Michener wants the
University of Northern Colorado to house his papers: A43
- WILLIAM CAREY COLLEGE has agreed to return $335,366 in grant
money to the U.S. Department of Education after a federal
investigation found that college officials had lied to get
the grant: A37
- FOUNDATION GRANTS; gifts and bequests: A44
STUDENTS
WHO GETS IN
A new book by a former admissions officer at Dartmouth College
reveals parts of the admissions process that you won't read
about elsewhere. Her former colleagues are not happy: A45
CREATIVE PEDAGOGY
Freshman composition students at the Georgia Institute of
Technology are experimenting with a network of graphical
on-line chat rooms: A27
FINDING CONNECTIONS
As a white professor at a historically black university, Karl
Henzy, an English professor at Morgan State University, writes
that his students help him transcend the standard classroom: B6
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute are using
cutting-edge technology to improve the quality of life in
Venice: B2
- THE POPULARITY of "early-decision" programs is giving
students from wealthy families more advantages in the
admissions process, high-school guidance counselors say: A45
- A NEW STUDENT-ADVISING service will focus on helping gay
applicants find the right colleges: A45
- FIFTEEN MARCHING-BAND MEMBERS from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania were injured after a section of bleachers at
the University of New Haven collapsed before a football
game: A8
- A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY at Barnard College took his students
sailing on a 90-foot schooner as part of his course on early
American maritime culture: A8
- A GRADUATE STUDENT at Iowa State University who is staging a
hunger strike to demand more services for minority students
has been hospitalized: A10
- A FRESHMAN at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology died
after a night of drinking at a fraternity: A10
OPINION & LETTERS
A CONSPIRACY OF LETHARGY
Why do universities rely on standardized-test scores in
admissions, even though they fail to predict success in any
meaningful way? asks Wendy M. Williams, an associate professor
of human development at Cornell University: A60
TOWARD PASSIONATE PROSE
In a call for personal, concrete writing, Scott Russell
Sanders, a professor of English at Indiana University, argues
that students should be held accountable for their words: B4
FINDING CONNECTIONS
As a white professor at a historically black university, Karl
Henzy, an English professor at Morgan State University, writes
that his students help him transcend the standard classroom: B6
OPENING THE PIPELINE
Minority-group students can be encouraged to pursue graduate
studies if they are made to feel welcome, writes David R.
Burgess, a biologist at the University of Pittsburgh: B7
PIONEERING RHYTHM
The tide is turning among music critics who until now have neglected Dave Brubeck's place in jazz and classical music, writes John Salmon, a professor of music at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro: B9
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
ON THE FARM
Greg Henry, a painter and assistant professor of art at
Christopher Newport University, powerfully recreates images
from his childhood in the Caribbean: B10
PIONEERING RHYTHM
The tide is turning among music critics who until now have
neglected Dave Brubeck's place in jazz and classical music,
writes John Salmon, a professor of music at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro: B9
FACES OF STRANGERS
"Patten, Maine: Portraits by Arturo Patten," an exhibition of
black-and-white photographs, is at the College of the Atlantic
through October 25: B96
A HIGHER-EDUCATION GAZETTE: PAGES A50-59
"BULLETIN BOARD": 82 PAGES OF JOB OPENINGS
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