From the issue dated February 20, 2004
THE FACULTY THROWN OFF TRACK When tenure is denied, a professor faces not only a blow to self-esteem, but choices big and small. The Chronicle profiles four people who confronted that challenge.
FROM SPOUSAL HIRE TO SINGLE MOM What happens when an academic couple breaks up and the one working part time needs a full-time job? FINDING NONACADEMIC WORK OVERSEAS Bored with academe, a Ph.D. finds her niche in the international division of a large corporation. ROAD SIGNS TO TENURE A junior scholar asks his elders about what to keep in mind as he prepares his tenure bid.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING THE HUMANITIES MEET GENOMICS With money from the National Institutes of Health, English professors and other humanists explore what art has to say about genetic science. IT'S ELEMENTARY Russian and American scientists collaborated in an effort to create two new elements on the periodic table, Nos. 113 and 115. 'BREATHTAKING MOMENT' Scientists in South Korea have cloned a human embryo and harvested stem cells from it, an achievement expected to lead to a brave new world of powerful medical treatments. EMBEDDED RESEARCH The management of the Ames Laboratory, on the campus of Iowa State University, will soon be opened to outside bidders. Does anybody else stand a chance? LITMUS TEST FOR RESEARCH The American Cancer Society will no longer provide support to university scientists or other researchers who also accept support from tobacco companies or their subsidiaries. IN SEARCH OF L'ENFANT An architect's fascination with maps of Washington, D.C., turns her into an accidental historian. THE ETHICS INDUSTRY Moral paradigms and case studies won't necessarily help us do the right thing. For that, we must study ourselves, writes Gordon Marino, a professor of philosophy and director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at Saint Olaf College. JESUS IN AMERICA King, redeemer, child, prophet, healer, teacher, reformer -- the single most important cultural figure in the United States, he continues to be experienced in many ways, writes Richard Wightman Fox, a professor of history at the University of Southern California. LITERARY PURSUITS Patricia Highsmith's fiction was driven by queer sexuality and social anxiety. Our world's starting to look a lot like hers, writes Leonard Cassuto, an associate professor of English at Fordham University. MODIFIED BEHAVIOR Adjectives aren't born bad. It's the way they're treated that so often makes them ugly, writes Ben Yagoda, a professor of English at the University of Delaware. INFODIETING JUNK Information from Web searches is hard to digest. Libraries' aggregated databases can slim down those results and firm them up, writes Steven J. Bell, director of the library at Philadelphia University. STRENGTH IN NUMBERS It's time for universities en masse to boycott journal publishers who charge extortionate prices, writes Christopher A. Reed, a professor of chemistry at the University of California at Riverside.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS EMBEDDED RESEARCH The management of the Ames Laboratory, on the campus of Iowa State University, will soon be opened to outside bidders. Does anybody else stand a chance? THE HUMANITIES MEET GENOMICS With money from the National Institutes of Health, English professors and other humanists explore what art has to say about genetic science. WARY OF MENINGITIS More states are encouraging vaccinations for students, despite objections from some campus officials.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT LITMUS TEST FOR RESEARCH The American Cancer Society will no longer provide support to university scientists or other researchers who also accept support from tobacco companies or their subsidiaries.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AFTER THE BUBBLE Marlboro College's Internet-commerce graduate program is changing degree names and taking other measures to survive in a post-dot-com world.
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STUDENTS WARY OF MENINGITIS More states are encouraging vaccinations for students, despite objections from some campus officials. POISONOUS FORMULA Tying tuition increases to the Consumer Price Index would hurt the very students it's designed to help, writes Alexander W. Astin, director of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles.
INTERNATIONAL UKRAINE'S CATHOLIC OUTPOST A new university is bringing American- and European-style education to the country, despite government resistance. IT'S ELEMENTARY Russian and American scientists collaborated in an effort to create two new elements on the periodic table, Nos. 113 and 115. 'BREATHTAKING MOMENT' Scientists in South Korea have cloned a human embryo and harvested stem cells from it, an achievement expected to lead to a brave new world of powerful medical treatments. HEARTY CONSTITUTION Only the Iraqis themselves can negotiate a workable charter for their new nation, writes Marina Ottaway, a senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a lecturer in African Studies at the Nitze School for Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.
NOTES FROM ACADEME IN SEARCH OF L'ENFANT An architect's fascination with maps of Washington, D.C., turns her into an accidental historian. THE CHRONICLE REVIEW THE ETHICS INDUSTRY Moral paradigms and case studies won't necessarily help us do the right thing. For that, we must study ourselves, writes Gordon Marino, a professor of philosophy and director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at Saint Olaf College. JESUS IN AMERICA King, redeemer, child, prophet, healer, teacher, reformer -- the single most important cultural figure in the United States, he continues to be experienced in many ways, writes Richard Wightman Fox, a professor of history at the University of Southern California. HEARTY CONSTITUTION Only the Iraqis themselves can negotiate a workable charter for their new nation, writes Marina Ottaway, a senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a lecturer in African Studies at the Nitze School for Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. LITERARY PURSUITS Patricia Highsmith's fiction was driven by queer sexuality and social anxiety. Our world's starting to look a lot like hers, writes Leonard Cassuto, an associate professor of English at Fordham University. MODIFIED BEHAVIOR Adjectives aren't born bad. It's the way they're treated that so often makes them ugly, writes Ben Yagoda, a professor of English at the University of Delaware. INFODIETING JUNK Information from Web searches is hard to digest. Libraries' aggregated databases can slim down those results and firm them up, writes Steven J. Bell, director of the library at Philadelphia University. STRENGTH IN NUMBERS It's time for universities en masse to boycott journal publishers who charge extortionate prices, writes Christopher A. Reed, a professor of chemistry at the University of California at Riverside. BREATH OF FRESH AIR In their latest cultural revolution, American underground comics are climbing above ground. POISONOUS FORMULA Tying tuition increases to the Consumer Price Index would hurt the very students it's designed to help, writes Alexander W. Astin, director of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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CHRONICLE CAREERS FROM SPOUSAL HIRE TO SINGLE MOM What happens when an academic couple breaks up and the one working part time needs a full-time job? FINDING NONACADEMIC WORK OVERSEAS Bored with academe, a Ph.D. finds her niche in the international division of a large corporation. ROAD SIGNS TO TENURE A junior scholar asks his elders about what to keep in mind as he prepares his tenure bid.
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