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From the issue dated March 2, 2007 |
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Short SubjectsTHEATRICS VS. FORENSICSResolved: Performance debating inflames passions among collegiate rhetoricians. THE SMELL OF SCIENTIFIC SUCCESS: Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have figured out why we have two nostrils. LUCKY FIND: A student at Saint Mary's University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, found $10,000 near a campus bank machine. HOT COMPETITION: Send us your silliest arguments against the United Nations' report on climate change. The FacultySTARVING FOR ATTENTIONA black scientist at MIT has ended his hunger strike over the institute's failure to give him tenure but says his demands are still on the table. MORTAL THOUGHTSLife can be hideously unfair, but education is sometimes a balm, writes M. Garrett Bauman, a professor of English at Monroe Community College. THE DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE SENIOR SEARCHSave that giant tenure file, and keep adding to it, because if you are asked to apply for a senior position, you may need to act fast. WHEN ALL GOES RIGHTThe hiring process in academe often doesn't work, but when it does, it's a beautiful thing. PEER REVIEW: The University of Alaska at Anchorage is losing its chancellor, and faculty members say the system administration is to blame. ... Oklahoma State University's leader moves west, to New Mexico. ... An judge has ruled for the University of Iowa in an alleged whistle-blowing case. Research & BooksSHADES OF GRAYNew scholarship on the Black Panthers has concluded that the radical group contributed to positive social change. PUTIN AND THE PENTwo leading novelists discuss the fate of literature in contemporary Russia with Carlin Romano, critic at large for The Chronicle. INTO THE BREACHWhen federal support for research dries up, scientists should be able to get help from rich universities and private companies, writes Daniel S. Greenberg, a Washington journalist. VERBATIM: An anthropologist discusses how the existence of long-lived cell lines has changed the way we think about life. ZEROING IN: In the largest genetic study of autism-spectrum disorder to date, researchers say they have identified several chromosomal regions linked to the condition. HELL TO PAY: One of the authors of a controversial study that claimed to demonstrate the efficacy of prayer in medicine stands accused of plagiarism in another published paper. DITCH DARWIN? An evolutionary biologist has proposed a surprising way of dealing with the conflict between science and religion over the creation and development of life. NOTA BENE: Some lovers take eros beyond the grave, and two professors at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor are on the trail. HOT TYPE: A new book examines the different beats to which the weddings of the Broadway musical and rock 'n' roll have marched, with varying degrees of success. THE SMELL OF SCIENTIFIC SUCCESS: Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have figured out why we have two nostrils. THE NO-PORK DIET: The Bush administration says would-be earmark recipients must compete for the funds in the normal way. Government & PoliticsBEYOND THE TAXPAYERGovernors, Democratic and Republican alike, have put forward unusual strategies to tap new sources of revenue for higher education. CAPITOL GAINSWith most states' economies in their best shape in years, public colleges find plenty of good news in governors' addresses kicking off legislative sessions. A STUDENT THINK TANKThe Roosevelt Institution seeks to spread young people's policy ideas without supporting a political agenda. CONSTRUCTIVE CLASHESPartisan rancor isn't necessarily a problem. America is facing issues that can't, and shouldn't, be discussed quietly, writes Sidney M. Milkis, chairman of the department of politics at the University of Virginia. SDS? DNRStudents for a Democratic Society has an illustrious history -- and a tainted one. Campus leftists would do better to organize under a less-troubling, more-contemporary banner, writes Maurice Isserman, who teaches history at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. INTO THE BREACHWhen federal support for research dries up, scientists should be able to get help from rich universities and private companies, writes Daniel S. Greenberg, a Washington journalist. JOBS WANTED: Rome, N.Y., tries to persuade federal officials to move a planned biodefense laboratory from a Boston University affiliate to a former Air Force base in the city. IN HONOR OF CHIEF ILLINIWEK: An Illinois state lawmaker has proposed that the NCAA be punished for forcing the University of Illinois to give up its American Indian mascot. MEMORY LAPSE: Louisiana lawmakers, several of whom said they simply forgot to vote, have rejected a proposal to build a teaching hospital in New Orleans that would replace one damaged by Hurricane Katrina. IN BRIEF: A roundup of higher-education news in the states. THE NO-PORK DIET: The Bush administration says would-be earmark recipients must compete for the funds in the normal way. SUMMARY DATA SOUGHT: The U.S. Department of Education has found a new way to try to get colleges to provide more information on the cost of attendance and on student-learning outcomes. SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY: Two scholars at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University have proposed eliminating a cumbersome form and instead applying for federal student aid via tax returns. Money & ManagementDEEP POCKETS MAKE A DIFFERENCEAmerican colleges enjoyed a 9.4-percent increase in private donations in the 2006 fiscal year. Bigger gifts from individuals accounted for most of the growth, but slightly fewer alumni gave than before. A DECADE OF RAISESCollege officials' pay in 2006-7 increased faster than the rate of inflation for the 10th consecutive year. TECH TRANSFER KEEPS UPAt least two dozen universities earned more than $10-million each from licensing the rights to new inventions in the 2005 fiscal year. GOING GLOBALThe Chronicle introduces a series of articles that examine how American colleges meet the challenges of internationalization. CORNELL GOES TO INDIAA recent whirlwind trip by university officials highlights U.S. institutions' haste to find global partners, whether or not the partnerships' goals are clear. STILL A SCIENTISTAn X-Gal weighs the benefits and drawbacks of a career in academic administration. REPARATIONS PENDING: A court hearing in March may increase the size of a $50-million settlement fund for colleges that paid for the removal of asbestos-containing materials from their campuses. CONNECTING FUND RAISERS: The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is opening an Asia-Pacific office. ON WATCH ONLINE: Facebook and other sites can help college officials find out when students misbehave. But monitoring the sites might increase colleges' risk of liability. $16-MILLION, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER: Fisk University has reached an agreement with a private museum that may allow the financially struggling university to sell two paintings by prominent 20th-century artists. FAMILY FOUNDATION'S GIFT: A $100-million donation to the John Motley Morehead Foundation will expand its scholarship program for students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, foundation officials say. UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Stanford University has received a $75-million pledge from a co-founder of Yahoo and his wife. PEER REVIEW: The University of Alaska at Anchorage is losing its chancellor, and faculty members say the system administration is to blame. ... Oklahoma State University's leader moves west, to New Mexico. ... An judge has ruled for the University of Iowa in an alleged whistle-blowing case. Information TechnologyFROM DESKTOP TO LAPTOPThe University of Virginia has tracked 10 years of technology change by asking its freshmen what hardware they brought with them. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? A visiting assistant professor at Brooklyn Law School who fiercely defends fair use was warned that something she posted on YouTube must be removed. INDIRECT CONFRONTATION: Princeton University's Undergraduate Student Government created a Web service that allows students to complain to their professors anonymously. ON WATCH: Facebook and other sites can help college officials find out when students misbehave. But monitoring the sites might increase colleges' risk of liability. StudentsA STUDENT THINK TANKThe Roosevelt Institution seeks to spread young people's policy ideas without supporting a political agenda. HEALING VISIONSMedical students at the University of Nebraska learn to care for patients not only from physicians and professors, but also from a painter and a poet laureate. LIMITING COLLEGES' 'DUTY OF CARE': A Massachusetts court has ruled that the father of a student at Clark University who died of an apparent heroin overdose cannot bring a negligence suit against officials there. AthleticsCHIEF ILLINIWEK, 81, MASCOTThe University of Illinois has decided to discontinue its controversial American Indian mascot. InternationalGOING GLOBALThe Chronicle introduces a series of articles that examine how American colleges meet the challenges of internationalization. CORNELL GOES TO INDIAA recent whirlwind trip by university officials highlights U.S. institutions' haste to find global partners, whether or not the partnerships' goals are clear. ACADEMICS IN LIMBO: In what observers say is an attempt to force U.S. scholars to change their research topics, the Indian government has delayed approving the projects of dozens of Fulbright scholars for months. Notes From AcademeHEALING VISIONSMedical students at the University of Nebraska learn to care for patients not only from physicians and professors, but also from a painter and a poet laureate. The Chronicle ReviewMORTAL THOUGHTSLife can be hideously unfair, but education is sometimes a balm, writes M. Garrett Bauman, a professor of English at Monroe Community College. CONSTRUCTIVE CLASHESPartisan rancor isn't necessarily a problem. America is facing issues that can't, and shouldn't, be discussed quietly, writes Sidney M. Milkis, chairman of the department of politics at the University of Virginia. SDS? DNRStudents for a Democratic Society has an illustrious history -- and a tainted one. Campus leftists would do better to organize under a less-troubling, more-contemporary banner, writes Maurice Isserman, who teaches history at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. PUTIN AND THE PENTwo leading novelists discuss the fate of literature in contemporary Russia with Carlin Romano, critic at large for The Chronicle. BODIES OF WORKIt glows in the dark, but is it art? INTO THE BREACHWhen federal support for research dries up, scientists should be able to get help from rich universities and private companies, writes Daniel S. Greenberg, a Washington journalist. CRITICAL MASS: A vocal slice of European intellectuals believes that the millions of devout Muslims living in Europe pose a grave threat to Continental harmony. Letters to the EditorChronicle CareersSTILL A SCIENTISTAn X-Gal weighs the benefits and drawbacks of a career in academic administration. THE DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE SENIOR SEARCHSave that giant tenure file, and keep adding to it, because if you are asked to apply for a senior position, you may need to act fast. WHEN ALL GOES RIGHTThe hiring process in academe often doesn't work, but when it does, it's a beautiful thing. DETAILS OF AVAILABLE POSTS, including teaching and research positions in higher education, administrative and executive jobs, and openings outside academe |