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INTERNATIONAL
PUSHING CREATIVITY IN SINGAPORE
The government fears that its university graduates lack the
skills to keep the economy booming: A71
A NEW INSTITUTION IN SLOVAKIA
Faculty members and administrators have left a respected
graduate school to form their own: A72
TURMOIL IN AFGHAN HIGHER EDUCATION
An academic from the United States visited the war-torn
country and found its campuses in ruins: A73
"GLOBAL PEACE TEAM"
Rotary International has created scholarships to mark the 50th
anniversary of its study-abroad program: A73
- TO ATTRACT MORE foreign students, German lawmakers are
considering legislation to allow universities to grant
internationally recognized degrees: A71
- THE COUNCIL on International Educational Exchange will open
a new study-abroad center in South Africa: A71
- CHINA'S PRESIDENT, Jiang Zemin, has declined an honorary
doctorate from the University of Victoria, ending a
controversy on the Canadian campus: A71
- AN ADMISSIONS OFFICER at the China University of Science
and Technology, among the most prestigious universities in
the country, has been charged with taking bribes: A74
- THE STATE EDUCATION Commission in China has announced that
anyone studying abroad on a government scholarship must now
post a $6,000 bond, to encourage them to return: A74
- KENYA'S EGERTON UNIVERSITY was closed after a shopping
center near the main campus was burned down, allegedly by
students: A74
- IN AN ATTEMPT to raise university standards in India, the
University Grants Commission will link development funds to
academic performance: A74
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
WAR NO MORE?
Two academics at Arizona State University hope that a special
symposium in a multidisciplinary journal will bring together
historians and political scientists, who often don't see eye to
eye: A20
AN ISSUE OF RACE VS. CLASS
A plan to help inner cities proposed by William Julius Wilson,
the noted sociologist at Harvard, came under attack at the
American Sociological Association's annual meeting: A21
SELLING SEA HARES
A University of Miami facility provides 17,000 sought-after
marine snails to research laboratories every year: A24
CURRENT RESEARCH
Fifteen leading political scientists describe their works in
progress: B6
THE DEMISE OF PERSONAL LIBRARIES
The academic world is increasingly defined not by books but by
the course packet, a collection of photocopies, writes James
Shapiro, a professor of English and comparative literature at
Columbia University: B9
- A TEAM OF U.S. and Russian physicists working at the
Brookhaven National Laboratory has discovered a new
subatomic particle: A26
- SCIENTISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED a genetic defect that causes
colon cancer among some Jews in an unusual way: A26
- RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND that feelings of hopelessness in men
can lead to the faster progression of atherosclerosis, a
condition that can lead to heart disease or strokes: A26
- FEDERAL REGULATORS have fined Dartmouth College for safety
violations in connection with the death of a researcher who
spilled a toxic mercury compound on one of her gloves: A12
- THE UNIVERSITY of Wisconsin at Madison announced that 100
monkeys from a local zoo had been killed for their tissue or
used in invasive studies at a campus research center: A12
- HOT TYPE: A26
- The American Physical Society and the American Institute
of Physics won a favorable ruling in a lawsuit brought
by a publishing company over a study of the relative cost
of academic journals in the field.
- Columbia University Press and the American Political
Science Association, working separately, plan to offer
the text of important papers on line.
- 87 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A27-34
- THE NATIONAL ACADEMY of Education has announced the names of
30 1997-98 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows, all of whom are
listed in this issue of The Chronicle: A76
THE FACULTY
STARTING THEIR CAREERS IN ACADEME
The Chronicle reports on how four top graduate students
joined the faculty ranks.
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- Early publications landed a political scientist a
tenure-track job even before he finished his dissertation:
A14
- Finding a gene put a molecular biologist on track for
tenure: A15
- A background in music helped the career of a new scholar
in medieval studies: A16
- The ability to build the hardware he had designed was
crucial to the job search of a computer scientist: A17
EVALUATING THE FACULTY
A long-awaited report from the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching calls for the same standards to be
applied in judging research, teaching, and service: A18
GRADE STRIKE AT YALE
A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled that the action by
teaching assistants had not been a "protected activity" under
federal law: A19
UNDERSTANDING A RACE RIOT
A novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes, a writing professor at Arizona
State University, explores the U.S. government's destruction of
the prosperous black community in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921: A12
A CLASSROOM PERSONA
Teachers, like writers, need to cultivate a voice that serves
their personal needs, writes Jay Parini, a professor of English
at Middlebury College: A92
THE DEMISE OF PERSONAL LIBRARIES
The academic world is increasingly defined not by books but by
the course packet, a collection of photocopies, writes James
Shapiro, a professor of English and comparative literature at
Columbia University: B9
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NEUROSURGEON
Daniel L. Barrow, chairman of Emory University's neurosurgery
department, experiences emotional extremes on a daily basis: B2
- THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL Association has postponed the
presentation of a lifetime-achievement award to Raymond B.
Cattell as it investigates charges of racism against the
scholar: A14
- AN AWARD GIVEN by the American Sociological Association has
stirred a quiet protest from homosexuals: A14
- A JUDGE HAS RULED that Bennington College did not violate
the rights of faculty members whom it dismissed during a
major restructuring of the institution: A19
- A FEDERAL JUDGE has delayed the enforcement of a policy in
Texas that would prevent state employees, including
professors, from serving as expert witnesses against state
interests in court: A19
- AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE, Stanford University granted tenure
to the anthropologist Akhil Gupta: A19
- THE UNIVERSITY of Pittsburgh and a high-profile
breast-cancer researcher settled a lawsuit a week before it
was to go to trial: A10
- A PROFESSOR at Nova Southeastern University has embarked on
a motorcycle journey to trace the steps of the Cuban
revolutionary Ernesto (Che) Guevara: A10
- ABOUT 380 PROFESSORS at Ferris State University started the
fall term by walking picket lines, after they rejected the
university's latest contract offer: A10
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CRISIS MODE
Information-technology administrators say that many colleges
need bigger technical-support staffs, an often-ignored factor
in keeping networks on line and users on track: A35
- But colleges are finding it increasingly difficult to
hire -- and hold onto -- their computer specialists: A36
- William Paterson College of New Jersey has one solution:
It is training its students to serve as consultants to
computer users on the campus: A36
THE NEXT GENERATION
How much the United States will spend on developing a
more-advanced version of the Internet depends on five spending
bills that are pending in Congress: A38
FREE SPEECH
A federal judge has ruled that a professor at the University of
Illinois at Chicago may publish his encryption program: A39
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1997
As Congress debates the renewal of the law, which governs most
federal student-aid programs, expensive private colleges hope
it will raise the limits on how much students may borrow: A42
- A controversial plan being considered by the U.S.
Education Department would change the way students'
eligibility for aid is determined: A43
- Some students say they are willing to borrow more, if
such loans will allow colleges to maintain need-blind
admissions policies: A44
RELEASING CRIME REPORTS
The U.S. Education Department has told Ohio colleges that they
may be violating federal law if they comply with a ruling by
the state's Supreme Court over the disclosure of disciplinary
proceedings: A45
TRYING TO PRESERVE BAKKE
Twenty-five college associations have urged the U.S. Supreme
Court not to use a case involving a New Jersey high school to
curb affirmative action in general: A46
PROPOSITION 209 GETS THE GO-AHEAD
California started enforcing a ban on the use of racial
preferences by state agencies, including public colleges, after
foes of the amendment to the state constitution ran out of time
in their efforts to get the policy blocked by the courts: A47
NEW LEADER FOR THE NEH
President Clinton has picked William R. Ferris, Jr., a
folklorist at the University of Mississippi, to succeed Sheldon
Hackney as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities:
A50
EDUCATING FEWER DOCTORS
A new federal program, approved as part of the balanced-budget
agreement, will pay teaching hospitals to reduce the number of
residents they train: A51
TURF WAR IN ALABAMA
A special legislative session on the state's higher-education
budget became mired in a dispute between community colleges and
the coordinating agency for Alabama's public colleges: A54
DISPUTE OVER A LAW CLINIC
Governor Mike Foster of Louisiana, a Republican, is threatening
to withdraw tax breaks enjoyed by Tulane University if it does
not restrain a public-interest law center that is suing to block
construction of a chemical plant: A55
THE NEXT GENERATION
How much the United States will spend on developing a
more-advanced version of the Internet depends on five spending
bills that are pending in Congress: A38
FREE SPEECH
A federal judge has ruled that a professor at the University of
Illinois at Chicago may publish his encryption program: A39
- A BLACK STUDENT in Alabama has teamed up with a conservative
law center to challenge race-based college scholarships in
the state: A42
- THE ACTING GOVERNOR of Massachusetts, A. Paul Cellucci, has
informed Boston College that he is too busy to teach his
seminar on politics and policy: A42
- PRESIDENT CLINTON has announced a millennium-marking
celebration that will highlight American history: A51
- A REPORT by the General Accounting Office says that the
default rate is higher among people who are paying off their
student loans under income-linked repayment plans: A52
- A PANEL OF EXPERTS urged the National Institutes of Health
to support better studies of the medical uses of
marijuana: A52
- A GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED committee of historians has accused
the Central Intelligence Agency of illegally delaying the
declassification and release of 30-year-old documents: A52
- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of City College of San Francisco
reluctantly lifted its ban on military recruiting on the
campus, for fear of losing federal funds: A53
- A FEDERAL JUDGE has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the
University of South Alabama against the American Tobacco
Company: A57
- AN INVESTIGATION of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, a
national hospital chain, has derailed its efforts to form a
partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina: A57
- THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT has withdrawn from a plan to
establish a new ambulatory-care center in conjunction with a
Roman Catholic hospital and two other hospitals: A57
- THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN says it has stopped compiling
data on applicants' and students' grades and
standardized-test scores categorized by race: A58
- A GROUP OF TENNESSEE RESIDENTS is challenging the issuance
of industrial-development bonds by a local government for
the benefit of a church-affiliated college: A58
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
THE INFLUENCE OF GAY ALUMNI
More groups of gay and lesbian alumni are forming -- to the
pleasure of some college officials and the consternation of
others: A59
BACK TO WORK
The end of the United Parcel Service strike relieved concerns
of many college stores, but some fall-term books will still
arrive late: A61
RESTRICTIONS ON GIFTS
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that donors may not sue
colleges over violations of limits they placed on their gifts:
A62
CRISIS MODE
Information-technology administrators say that many colleges
need bigger technical-support staffs, an often-ignored factor
in keeping networks on line and users on track: A35
- GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY is seeking a donor to finance
an already-built dormitory, the institution's first new
residence hall in 60 years: A59
- FRIENDS UNIVERSITY has received a $3-million gift for its
dance program from a woman who attended in 1936, when
dancing was prohibited on the campus: A59
- THE FORMER CONTROLLER of Bethel College in Kansas has been
charged with forgery and theft for allegedly embezzling more
than $1-million: A61
- FEDERAL REGULATORS have ordered a money-management company
to make restitution to colleges in the Common Fund that lost
millions due to unauthorized investments by the company: A63
- THE PARENT COMPANY of the University of Phoenix has
announced that it will buy the non-profit College for
Financial Planning and other adult-training programs: A63
- MERCY COLLEGE HAS AGREED to reinstate health benefits for
clerical workers whose insurance was canceled during a
unionization campaign three years ago: A63
- FIVE COLLEGES have begun capital campaigns or have announced
the completion of fund drives: A63
- FOUNDATION GRANTS; gifts and bequests: A64
STUDENTS
BOSTON U. LOSES COURT BATTLE
A federal judge ruled that the university violated the rights
of students with learning disabilities when it tightened the
rules governing eligibility for special accommodations of
those disabilities: A65
HEALTH RISKS
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found
that students continue to engage in many kinds of dangerous
behavior: A66
THE RANKINGS SEASON
Guidebooks released recently have rated everything from the
best colleges to the best party schools. Despite some changes
in the guides' methodology, many educators say that they are
arbitrary, misleading, unreliable, and unfair: A67
MODEST INCREASES
Average scores on both the SAT and the ACT rose for the class
of students who are entering college this fall: A68
CHEATING SCANDAL
Federal prosecutors have charged a California man with selling
the answers to standardized tests: A68
- STUDENTS AT THE ALL-FEMALE Peace College are now permitted to
invite gentleman callers into their rooms: A65
- A NEW STUDY has found that bars' advertisements of their
alcoholic-drink specials in campus newspapers encourage
binge drinking: A65
- FOR THE FIRST TIME in its 158-year history, the Virginia
Military Institute has enrolled a freshman class that
includes women: A10
- A SOPHOMORE AT LOUISIANA State University died last month,
after a night of drinking at a fraternity celebration: A10
- A NEW PROGRAM at the University of North Carolina at
Asheville requires freshmen to perform community service
during orientation: A12
ATHLETICS
FRAUD BY ATHLETES?
The U.S. Education Department is investigating colleges
nationwide over allegations that their athletes have benefited
from fraudulent student-aid applications: A69
- NINETEEN UNIVERSITIES have agreed to allow Mattel Inc. to
use their logos and colors on a new doll, "University"
Barbie: A69
- THE UNIVERSITY OF Pittsburgh's football team has adopted
new uniforms in hopes of turning around the program: A69
- THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Athletic Association's Division I
Board of Directors voted to delay a plan to let athletes
work during their seasons: A70
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE has agreed to pay $300,000 to a
female athletics trainer to settle a sex-discrimination
complaint: A70
- A JUDGE HAS ORDERED Appalachian State University to allow
three former football players, who stand accused of gang
rape, to enroll this fall: A70
OPINION & LETTERS
A CLASSROOM PERSONA
Teachers, like writers, need to cultivate a voice that serves
their personal needs, writes Jay Parini, a professor of English
at Middlebury College: A92
AN IDENTITY CRISIS ON THE RIGHT
The conservative political victory has been accompanied by a
conservative identity crisis, writes Mickey Edwards, a former
Congressman and now a lecturer in public policy at the John F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University: B4
CURRENT RESEARCH
Fifteen leading political scientists describe their works in
progress: B6
THE DEMISE OF PERSONAL LIBRARIES
The academic world is increasingly defined not by books but by
the course packet, a collection of photocopies, writes James
Shapiro, a professor of English and comparative literature at
Columbia University: B9
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
THE PLAY'S THE THING
Arlene Naylor Okerlund, a professor of English at San Jose
State University, shares her experience of a performance of
a Shakespearean play at the new Globe Theatre, in London: B8
NURTURING THE ARTS
Two recipients of $10,000 grants to promote excellence in young
artists, provided by the Joan Mitchell Foundation, studied at
Pratt Institute: B10
THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN
An exhibition of the photographs of Ruth Bernhard is on display
at the University of Florida: B120
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