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INTERNATIONAL
A SEA CHANGE IN EUROPE
In many countries, centralized state control of higher
education is giving way to institutional autonomy: A47
- Twente University, in the Netherlands, is considered by
many experts to be adapting well to the changes in
European higher education: A48
MISSION TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
A delegation of Australian higher-education officials recently
traveled to Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines to recruit
students and to counter reports of an anti-Asian backlash in
their country: A49
- AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, faculty members and students
criticized the format of a question-and-answer session with
China's president during his visit there last weekend: A47
- GUATEMALA HAS DESIGNATED Ohio University's library as the
official repository for its state records: A47
- A BOMB EXPLODED at the American University of Beirut during
the first visit to the campus by the institution's new
president. No one was injured: A49
- IN YUGOSLAVIA, ethnic Albanian students and Serb police
clashed over control of the University of Pristina, in the
formerly autonomous province of Kosovo: A49
- THREE STUDENTS at British universities have died of
meningitis: A49
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
THE BODY PROJECT
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, a Cornell University historian, concludes
in a new book that American girls are at risk because of
cultural and physical changes that have come about over the
last century: A15
BIG IDEAS, TINY DEVICES
Researchers foresee many real-world applications emerging from
the new technology they call "microelectromechanical systems":
A16
DECODING SIGN LANGUAGE
New software that compiles multimedia data bases could help
linguists better understand the role played by gestures and
facial expressions in American Sign Language: A27
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Barbara Freed, a professor of French at Carnegie Mellon
University, has written a book about the extraordinary
concentration of artists on the Riviera: B2
- A STUDY HAS FOUND that overfeeding female rats affects their
offspring: A17
- A DISPUTE CONTINUES over the use of placebos in studies of
pregnant women in developing countries who are infected with
the virus that causes AIDS: A17
- HOT TYPE: A22
- The Conquest of Cool, a new book by Thomas Frank,
examines how corporate America hijacked 1960s ideology
to create the notion that buying is a way of rebelling.
- The title of a University of Massachusetts at Amherst
historian's book on the cosmetics industry has gotten a
makeover.
- An economist at the University of Michigan may be unable
to help promote his new book if he is confirmed for a
federal appointment.
- 99 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A20-25
- Nota Bene: The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in
American Literature, edited by David S. Reynolds, a
professor of English and American studies at Baruch
College and the Graduate School of the City University of
New York, and Debra J. Rosenthal, who teaches English at
Kent State and Case Western Reserve Universities. The
book is published by the University of Massachusetts
Press.
THE FACULTY
IGNORING THEIR OWN RULES?
Many part-time faculty members say that accrediting agencies
should punish colleges that fail to maintain a sufficient
number of full-time positions: A12
- Excerpts from seven accrediting standards on the use of
part-time faculty members: A13
A FAMILY DYNASTY
The six Sereno siblings point to their upbringing to explain
their scholarly success and the multidisciplinary approach they
take in research: A10
RANCOR OVER RANKINGS
Many administrators are critical of the mysterious methodology
that lies behind the influential Gourman Report, a
college ranking compiled by a retired political-science
professor named Jack Gourman: A45
- ENROLLMENT IN GRADUATE PROGRAMS has dropped for the first
time in 10 years, according to the preliminary results of a
survey conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools and the
Graduate Record Examinations Board: A12
- A TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE professor has created a popular
course based on books written by other members of the
faculty: A12
- TO SETTLE a defamation lawsuit, a University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee professor has apologized and retracted statements
she made in 1992 about a colleague she had charged with
sexually harassing students: A14
- A PAY DISPUTE at Southern University at Shreveport-Bossier
City has embroiled the president of its Faculty Senate: A14
- A SURVEY INDICATES that the academic vision of public
schools differs, often sharply, from that of teachers,
students, and parents: A14
- A FORMER BUSINESS PROFESSOR at the University of California
at Berkeley is suing the institution over his ouster: A10
- PEER REVIEW: A50
- Twenty-five years after stepping down as dean of the
education school at Harvard University, Theodore R. Sizer
has returned to teach a course in secondary-school
design.
- The style arbiters at the Associated Press have decided
that the honorific title "Professor" no longer merits an
initial capital letter.
- St. Mary's University law school will replace its
innovative yet controversial dean.
- Moving on and staying put.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DECODING SIGN LANGUAGE
New software that compiles multimedia data bases could help
linguists better understand the role played by gestures and
facial expressions in American Sign Language: A27
PROTECTING DATA BASES
Congress is again considering legislation to prevent unlawful
copying, but many scholarly groups say the bill would
unnecessarily restrict researchers' access to data bases: A28
REPORT FROM EDUCOM
Topics of discussion at the group's annual meeting included a
planned merger with CAUSE, the other major group on technology
in higher education, and the death of the book: A29
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
THE IMPACT OF HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS
A state program has transformed the University of Georgia, but
educators say that not all of the changes are positive: A32
DISPUTE OVER BILLINGS
A coalition of medical associations and teaching hospitals sued
the federal government to block audits of Medicare payments:
A34
INCREASES FOR PELL GRANTS AND N.I.H.
Congressional negotiators reached a fragile agreement on a
1998 budget bill that would provide significant gains for
student aid and biomedical research: A35
CONTROVERSY OVER CLINTON ADVISER
Many scientists and activists are angry over the role Susan J.
Blumenthal will have in making recommendations on women's
health issues: A36
NEW SALVO ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
A new study documents the differences in high-school grades and
standardized-test scores between minority and white applicants
to Colorado's public colleges: A37
TURNOVER AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Elizabeth Hicks has resigned her post as Deputy Assistant
Secretary for student financial-assistance programs, amid
criticism of managerial snafus in the delivery of student aid:
A38
CHURCH AND STATE
A federal judge ruled that Maryland had acted constitutionally
when it denied state funds to a college affiliated with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church: A39
- A BRIEF filed with the Supreme Court on a key case involving
affirmative action views the lower court's ruling as having
a narrow application and as not affecting admissions
decisions based on race: A32
- NEARLY 800 COLLEGES have dedicated new federal work-study
funds for their students who are participating in President
Clinton's new program to increase children's literacy: A32
- LEADING HIGHER-EDUCATION associations are backing a bill on
student-loan consolidation and refinancing that President
Clinton has threatened to veto: A38
- THE 1998 APPROPRIATIONS BILL covering the National Endowment
for the Arts faces the possibility of a Presidential veto
due to reasons unrelated to the arts agency: A38
- THE SENATE HAS APPROVED a bill that would authorize a
10-per-cent increase in spending on agricultural research:
A39
- MORE THAN 100 SCIENCE, research, and engineering groups are
supporting a bill that would authorize the doubling of
civilian research spending over 10 years: A39
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
KITCHEN CABINETS
Many university presidents have created advisory boards of
business leaders to provide different perspectives on campus
issues: A40
MEASURED RESPONSE
The stock market's turmoil last week wasn't unexpected,
investment officials say, and didn't generate panic among
endowment managers: A41
WHO OWNS CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES?
Three powerful cardinals have threatened to ask the Vatican to
prevent St. Louis University from selling its hospital to a
for-profit chain: A43
- A FORMER PRESIDENT of Coe College is donating his total
salary from his tenure there to the institution: A40
- THE UNIVERSITY of Northern Colorado is pursuing James
Michener's papers, which were promised to the school by the
author before his death last month: A40
- THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF A BIGGER CITY may lead Peru State
College to move out of Peru, Neb., population 1,200: A40
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA workers are suing the institution
over a property-management plan that could cut 175 jobs: A42
- HISTORIANS OF ARMENIA say they fear the impact of a proposed
gift by the Turkish government to establish an endowed chair
in Turkish studies at the University of California at Los
Angeles: A42
- A TRUSTEE HAS GIVEN $50-million to Drake University, the
largest gift ever for a college in Iowa: A42
- A FINANCIER is personally investing and managing a gift to
Bowdoin College that he says will amount to $30-million: A42
- CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY of America revoked an award it had
planned to present to a gay alumnus after it learned he was
a member of ACT UP, an AIDS-activist group: A8
- A CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN at California State University at
Fullerton was arrested by narcotics agents in a campus lab
while cooking up a batch of the illegal drug "ecstasy": A10
- AN UPDATE on five capital campaigns: A42
- FOUNDATION GRANTS; gifts and bequests: A43
STUDENTS
RANCOR OVER RANKINGS
Many administrators are critical of the mysterious methodology
that lies behind the influential Gourman Report, a
college ranking compiled by a retired political-science
professor named Jack Gourman: A45
- A PARTY held at the Catawba College president's home by his
son turned into risky business: A45
- THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON put its annual alcohol-abuse
demonstration, known as "Cop-a-Buzz," on ice after one of
the participants was hospitalized for intoxication: A45
- A VICE-PRESIDENT at Kansas City Kansas Community College
trashed about 500 copies of the student newspaper after
finding more than 50 typos in an issue: A45
- A MURDER SUSPECT who had holed up in a dormitory at San
Diego State University surrendered to police after a
seven-hour standoff: A8
- A CONTROVERSIAL CARTOON in a conservative student newspaper
prompted the burning of newspapers at Cornell University: A8
- A GREAT PRANK at Cornell University has the campus wondering
who placed a giant pumpkin atop a tall tower: A10
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE at Chattanooga has barred a gay
couple from celebrating a wedding ceremony in the
institution's chapel: A10
- AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, faculty members and students
criticized the format of a question-and-answer session with
China's president during his visit there last weekend: A47
- WHAT THEY'RE READING on college campuses: a list of
best-selling books: A46
ATHLETICS
ATHLETES WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
The Justice Department has found that National Collegiate
Athletic Association rules violate the Americans With
Disabilities Act: A44
OPINION & LETTERS
TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY
The presence of minority students in the classroom can open up
debate and understanding, writes Heather C. Hill, a graduate
student in political science at the University of Michigan: A60
THE COP (SIC) EDITOR
A revolution has taken place in the publishing industry, and it
reflects and affects the way in which we communicate with each
other, writes Janet Burroway, a professor of English at Florida
State University: B4
OVERLADEN SHELVES
Some professors can't stay out of bookstores and can't bear to
give books away, notes Joel J. Gold, a professor of English at
the University Of Kansas: B6
INEFFECTIVE TOUR GUIDES
Colleges spend heavily on admissions materials, but pay little
attention to the contacts that can give a lasting impression of
a campus, says Fred McGunagle, a writer in Cleveland: B7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
BLANCA SNOW IN PUERTO RICO
A mixed-media exhibition is part of Hostos Community College's
year-long commemoration of the end of the Spanish-American War:
B8
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Barbara Freed, a professor of French at Carnegie Mellon
University, has written a book about the extraordinary
concentration of artists on the Riviera: B2
VISUAL MEDITATION
"I Need To See You," an exhibition of photographs by Judith
Black, is at Wellesley College: B112
- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY has refused to display four
sculptures that are part of a Rodin exhibit, citing moral
and religious concerns: A8
A HIGHER-EDUCATION GAZETTE: PAGES A50-59
"BULLETIN BOARD": 98 PAGES OF JOB OPENINGS
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1255 23rd Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20037. E-mail: editor@thisweek.chronicle.com
Copyright (c) 1997 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc.
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