ATTACKING 'CAMPUS STALINISTS'
Alan Charles Kors, a passionate teacher and Enlightenment
scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, guards free speech,
whether liberal or conservative, and his new book says basic
rights are under assault: A12
FAITH AND THE PLANET
The environment is in trouble and religion can help, says
Brennan R. Hill, a theologian at Xavier University in Ohio, in
his courses and in a newly published book: A10
- A SURVEY OF POLITICAL SCIENTISTS suggests that "referee
inflation" is increasingly accompanying the evaluation of
bids for tenure: A12
- A BUSINESS PROFESSOR at an unnamed liberal-arts college in
California is raising eyebrows by rejecting a chance at
tenure: A12
- A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT has ruled that a male professor may
proceed with his lawsuit over pay raises awarded only to
women at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus: A14
- THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Board of Regents has fired a
tenured professor of English who was accused of sexual
harassment: A14
- A LAW PROFESSOR at Golden Gate University has used fairy
tales like "Little Red Riding Hood" as the basis of mock
trials to help students develop their litigating skills: A8
- PEER REVIEW: A59
- Yale University has lifted a six-year-old cap on the size
of the faculty in its College of Arts and Sciences.
- Joint searches for professors by departments at
California State University at Hayward have failed
repeatedly.
THE FITNESS OF SENIOR CITIZENS
Exercise physiologists are broadening their field with research
on keeping elderly people fit, studies that eventually could
save billions of dollars in health-care costs: A15
A 'REVOLUTIONARY' TEXTBOOK
Boston University's Debraj Ray has just published Development
Economics, a volume that has won wide praise -- and course
adoption -- in the field: A16
- THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, the government-backed effort to
map human DNA, will speed its work in response to
competition from biotechnology companies: A20
- ASTRONOMERS HAVE FOUND that Jupiter's rings consist of dust
from four of its moons: A20
- BIOLOGISTS REPORT that feeding grain to cattle fosters the
growth in the animals' digestive tracts of bacterial strains
that can cause disease among human beings: A20
- EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS have found a 14,000-year record of
atmospheric lead levels buried in a Swiss peat bog: A21
- HOT TYPE: A20
- Two University of Chicago professors are each working to
establish a new journal on postcolonial studies.
- A new book traces the 10-year saga of research-fraud
charges that buffeted the laboratory -- and reputation --
of David Baltimore, now president of the California
Institute of Technology.
- NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A22-26
- Nota Bene: The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death
of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York, by
Patricia Cline Cohen, a professor of history at the
University of California at Santa Barbara. The book is
published by Alfred A. Knopf.
A DEBATE OVER 'COOKIES'
While some scholars hail the Web technology's value as a
research tool, critics charge that its use violates the privacy
of Internet surfers whose behavior it tracks: A31
HELP FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
A study suggests that scholars hoping to entice people to fill
out on-line surveys should offer them something free in return:
A32
GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITY NETWORKS
The National Science Foundation is moving to fend off a
Senate proposal that could keep it from giving out $60-million:
A35
AMERICORPS AT 5 YEARS
President Clinton's national-service program wins praise for
its volunteer-based projects, but most experts say it has
failed to live up to its promised role in providing student
aid: A38
THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
As a vote nears on the final legislation to extend the key law,
Congressional Democrats are pushing hard for a provision that
would make it easier for welfare recipients to attend college:
A42
RULING ON LEARNING DISABILITIES
A decision by a federal appeals court may make it more
difficult for colleges to question students' demands for
accommodations in testing: A42
VICTORY FOR ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
A federal appeals court has ruled that their groups can
challenge Agriculture Department regulations on the humane
treatment of research animals: A43
NEW APPROACH TO DESEGREGATION
A deal between the U.S. Education Department and Florida could
lead to gains for public black colleges in several states that
are seeking to redress a legacy of unequal treatment: A44
PRESIDENT QUITS AT LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Niara Sudarkasa announced her resignation after a state audit
uncovered mismanagement and waste under her administration of
the Pennsylvania institution: A44
- REP. LEE HAMILTON, a veteran Democratic Congressman from
Indiana, will take two academic posts after he retires from
Capitol Hill: A38
- A SENATOR'S BID to kill the National Endowment for the Arts
was defeated last week: A38
- A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES committee approved a new tax
break for prepaid-tuition programs for private colleges: A43
- THE U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT urged colleges to put a higher
priority on teacher training in a report issued last week:
A43
- THE MASSACHUSETTS Board of Higher Education has asked public
colleges to require students to pass exit examinations in
order to graduate: A44
- U.S. SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES blasted California's proposed
standards for science curricula in public schools this
month: A10
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
THREE YEARS AND A CLOUD OF DUST
As baby boomers inherit more money and fund raising grows more
competitive, turnover in colleges' development offices has
increased: A45
THE FUND THAT WASN'T
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of
Engineering started its own venture-capital fund, but folded it
before so much as a dollar came in: A48
FALWELL AND NETANYAHU, ALLIED
Some critics are questioning the motives for a trip in which
Liberty University will be sending 3,000 of its students to
Israel: A51
HARVARD BECOMES MORE GENEROUS
The university is increasing the size of each undergraduate
scholarship by $2,000 a year, following similar moves by its
academic rivals: A52
RULING ON LEARNING DISABILITIES
A decision by a federal appeals court may make it more
difficult for colleges to question students' demands for
accommodations in testing: A42
- MANY OF THE COLLEGES that were featured in a recent book
on admissions held a joint promotional tour last month: A51
- DUKE UNIVERSITY students are complaining about the
institution's monopoly on campus beer-keg sales and
its exorbitant fees: A51
- A FRATERNITY at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
has been indicted in connection with the alcohol-poisoning
death of a freshman last year: A8
- WHAT THEY'RE READING on college campuses: a list of
best-selling books: A10
FOOTBALL CULTURE
Balls, a wry novel by Nanci Kincaid, twice a college-football
coach's wife, tells of trials and triumphs in a gridiron
family: A53
- A STUDY has found that college presidents place a
"moderately high" value on athletics, and often use sporting
events to entertain donors and politicians: A53
- A GROUP THAT SPONSORS national rodeo championships has
bridled at Montana State University at Bozeman's ban on a
sponsor's free distribution of tobacco at the event: A53
FILLING THE ASIAN-STUDENT GAP
Anticipating a drop in enrollments from economically troubled
countries, American colleges have expanded their efforts at
recruiting abroad: A55
CIVIL WAR IN SRI LANKA
The University of Jaffna has lost students and faculty members,
and its graduates find they have few job opportunities: A58
HAVEN OF ETHIOPIA'S PAST
Amid gardens planted for the late Emperor Haile Selassie,
scholars study the ancient nation's rich history and culture:
B2
- ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGISTS are angry over the government's
decision to name five Orthodox rabbis to a council that
oversees excavations: A55
- PATRICIO AYLWIN AZCAR, the former president of Chile, was
named the winner of the 1998 J. William Fulbright Prize for
International Understanding: A55
MARRIED, WITH RESERVATIONS
Other things besides frequent-flier miles are to be gained --
and lost -- by accepting a job on a campus far from the person
you love, writes Lucia Perillo, an associate professor of
English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: A68
POSTMODERNISM WITH A BEAT
Nothing acquaints students with the philosophy's twin
strategies of irony and appropriation more effectively than
rock 'n' roll does, says Kevin J.H. Dettmar, an associate
professor of English at Clemson University: B4
A WIN-WIN SITUATION
As international donors shift their attention to higher
education, U.S. colleges have a chance to gain benefits by
doing some good abroad, say David W. Chapman, a professor of
education at the University of Minnesota, and Joan M. Claffey,
director of the Association Liaison Office for University
Cooperation in Development: B6
MANDATORY STUDENT FEES
A recent court ruling that struck down some University of
Wisconsin policies does not necessarily doom activity fees, but
colleges should re-examine their practices, writes Robert M.
O'Neil, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the
Protection of Free Expression and a law professor at the
University of Virginia: B7
'LAMBS FOR THE SLAUGHTER'
In an age of scandal, glitz, and greed, journalism professors
have a hard time instilling professional ideals in their
students, writes Neil Henry, an acting associate professor at
the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of
California at Berkeley: B8
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CUT FROM A DIFFERENT CLOTH
The exhibition "Three Perspectives: Contemporary Russian Fiber
Art" is at Rider University: B80
- PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN around the world by Fashion Institute of
Technology faculty members have gone on display: A8
- WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY students are helping move artworks
into the institution's new art museum, scheduled to open in
October: A10
A HIGHER-EDUCATION GAZETTE
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