From the issue dated August 17, 2001
THE FACULTY POST-TENURE 'RENEWAL' Fearing a system imposed from above, Drexel University's faculty devised a voluntary program. A DISTURBING ACCUSATION A professor at the University of Miami has charged a prominent Chilean scholar with participating in his torture after the 1973 coup in Chile. TEACHING EDUCATION Higher education deserves much of the blame for the poor quality of instruction in the public schools, writes Vartan Gregorian, the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and former president of Brown University.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING SEX AND SENSIBILITY Many scholars are offering new interpretations of Jane Austen, her work, and her readers. MAD ABOUT JERUSALEM Researchers are examining what inspires some pilgrims to the city to take to the streets and attempt to perform miracles. SACRED AND PROFANE Stanley Hauerwas, an influential theologian at Duke University with a coarse tongue, has a new collection of essays. 'FANTASTIC FICTION' Every summer at Southern New Hampshire University, aspiring writers of fantasy, horror, and science fiction gather for close encounters with some of the best in the business. THE BOMBING AT MADISON Despite the magnitude and tragedy of the explosion that killed a student at the University of Wisconsin in August 1970, scholars ignore it, writes Susan Rosenfeld, an adjunct professor at Wayne State University and former chief historian of the F.B.I.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS A DOCTORATE FOR CAL STATE? The chancellor of the California State University System wants it to be able to confer a doctorate in education. But the highest degrees are the province of the University of California. COMPROMISE ON STEM CELLS President Bush said he would support the use of federal funds under certain limited conditions. TEACHING EDUCATION Higher education deserves much of the blame for the poor quality of instruction in the public schools, writes Vartan Gregorian, the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and former president of Brown University.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT DESIGN DILEMMA What should colleges do with 60's-era buildings that don't meet today's needs?
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BRITAIN GOES ONLINE Institutions are working together to create the national e-University, but some officials aren't quite sure why it is needed.
STUDENTS LISTENING TO STUDENTS Many colleges are turning to a Harvard professor's book for help in better serving their undergraduates. TRADE SECRET Students, you have been neither loved nor nurtured. You have, rather, been lied to and betrayed, writes Michael Blumenthal, a poet, novelist, essayist, and translator who was a visiting writer at Santa Clara University last spring.
ATHLETICS PREVENTIVE MEASURES The deaths of three college football players during practices have made team officials take safeguards against such dangers as heatstroke. INTERNATIONAL A DISTURBING ACCUSATION A professor at the University of Miami has charged a prominent Chilean scholar with participating in his torture after the 1973 coup in Chile. MAD ABOUT JERUSALEM Researchers are examining what inspires some pilgrims to the city to take to the streets and attempt to perform miracles. BRITAIN GOES ONLINE Institutions are working together to create the national e-University, but some officials aren't quite sure why it is needed. OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD European historians who study the United States get short shrift in their own countries. That's a shame, because they have much to teach scholars, in both Europe and the United States, writes Richard Pells, a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW TRADE SECRET Students, you have been neither loved nor nurtured. You have, rather, been lied to and betrayed, writes Michael Blumenthal, a poet, novelist, essayist, and translator who was a visiting writer at Santa Clara University last spring. TEACHING EDUCATION Higher education deserves much of the blame for the poor quality of instruction in the public schools, writes Vartan Gregorian, the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and former president of Brown University. A VERY PUBLIC 'SCHOOL' A new PBS documentary is an entertaining way to learn the history of American public education, writes Arthur Levine, president of Teachers College at Columbia University. OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD European historians who study the United States get short shrift in their own countries. That's a shame, because they have much to teach scholars, in both Europe and the United States, writes Richard Pells, a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. PERFECT MISTAKES Design flaws produced by natural selection are the best evidence for the existence of evolution, writes David P. Barash, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. OUT AT THE BALL GAME When the editor of a gay magazine wrote that his boyfriend was a Major League ballplayer, the media reaction reflected immense changes in the sexual culture of sports, writes Toby Miller, a professor of cultural studies and cultural policy at New York University. TOTALLY OFF-KEY In The Chris Isaak Show, television has reached a new low in trying to domesticate rock 'n' roll, writes Kevin J.H. Dettmar, the head of the department of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. MYTHS OF IDENTITY The exhibition "Tiles of Paradox on the Wall of Possibilities in Adrian's Garden" is at the Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories of the University of Iowa. THE BOMBING AT MADISON Despite the magnitude and tragedy of the explosion that killed a student at the University of Wisconsin in August 1970, scholars ignore it, writes Susan Rosenfeld, an adjunct professor at Wayne State University and former chief historian of the F.B.I.
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