From the issue dated May 3, 2002
THE FACULTY
FIRING LINE
At Lawrence Technological University, one professor is fighting an administration that he says keeps a hit list of enemies it wants to dismiss.
INVISIBLE MAN?
What's a white professor doing in African-American studies? Teaching. What did you expect? asks Mark D. Naison, a professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University.
ADDICTED IN ACADEME
In Alcoholics Anonymous, a professor of English at an American research university finds revealing narratives, including her own.
EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY
Part-time faculty members aren't lesser faculty members. So why should they receive lesser compensation? Two instructors, one an adjunct, take on the question.
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- ADJUNCTS' CHOICES: Part-timers at New York University will decide on representation by one of two unions or no affiliation.
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- COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ALLOWED: The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that adjuncts at Keene State College can unionize.
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- NO CURTAIN CALL: A community-college professor in Florida contends that he lost his job because he is gay.
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- PEER REVIEW: An African-American studies scholar leaves the University of Chicago at Illinois for Northwestern. ... A Smithsonian museum director becomes dean of graduate studies at the University of Maryland at College Park. ... The director of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Human Gene Therapy, under fire since a patient at the institute died in 1999, will resign.
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- SYLLABUS: Students sing and dance in an experiential art-appreciation course at Indiana University at Kokomo.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
JEWS IN THE NAZI ARMY?
A historian's dissertation, based on a highly personal quest, is about to become a fiercely debated book.
SAVED BY THE STORM
Hurricanes have long helped coral reefs, but overbuilding on nearby shores may be devastating, scientists warn.
FROGMAN
An American researcher has found his own personal frog paradise in a remote corner of Colombia.
A SCHOLARLY E-BOOK
He knew that "self-publishing" was a dirty word. But Marshall Poe, a lecturer in history and literature at Harvard University, found good reasons to think the unthinkable.
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- VERBATIM: Gerda Lerner, a historian at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, talks about her memoir, in which she writes that active political engagement -- even when it's misguided -- provides a way of testing one's thinking.
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- HOT TYPE: Hemingway's letters are being assembled through a project at Pennsylvania State University at University Park. ... A study of Alice Guy Blaché's films leads to revisionism about the prescient auteur.
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- NOTA BENE: In A Poisoned Chalice, Jeffrey Freedman unravels an intrigue involving wine, a gravedigger, and the theological problem of evil in Zürich in the 18th century.
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- NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
FINANCING FIGHT
Upward Bound, in a bruising battle with GEAR UP for federal funds, is being closely scrutinized by the Bush administration.
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- EATING TEXAS CROW: U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay ends up in hot water over ill-advised comments about Baylor and Texas A&M Universities in his home state.
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- GO GREEN: Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening urges students to champion environmental causes.
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- SEEKING PROTECTION: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy may introduce legislation requiring accreditation for institutions using human research subjects.
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- PRIVACY LAW: The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether colleges can be sued for revealing information in student records.
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- CLAMPING DOWN: The Defense Department is considering new restrictions on military-sponsored research, including limits on publishing unclassified studies that involve basic research.
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- DOUBLE TROUBLE: The National Institutes of Health supports many projects that duplicate other projects and waste money, an animal-rights group says.
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- DEFYING THE PRESIDENT: The Association of American Universities said it supports the use of cloning technologies for stem-cell research.
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- WAIVING THEIR IMMUNITY: Universities are intensifying their opposition to legislation that would make it more difficult for them to pursue intellectual-property claims.
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- BIAS ALLEGED: A study says that two law schools in Virginia give "massive" preference to black applicants.
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- PASSING THE TEST: The State of Ohio is ending its oversight of Central State University, which has received clean audits for the past three fiscal years.
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- MISSION PROBLEMS: Florida State University's new medical school, which is having a tough time winning accreditation, is also accused of not adequately serving the state's black residents.
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- SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANTS: New York's governor said he backs legislation that would allow some who reside in the state illegally to pay in-state rates at public colleges.
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- CYBERSPACE SECURITY: The White House called on colleges to help develop a strategy for protecting computer networks from outside attacks.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
'HARD MARKET,' RISING RATES
Colleges scramble to renew insurance policies as premiums rise to new levels.
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- OPEN SPACES: The University of Utah has set aside almost one-third of its campus for a nature preserve.
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- DRINKING IN THE DOLLARS: Gatorade, invented at the University of Florida, has earned more than $76-million in licensing revenue.
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- PEER REVIEW: An African-American studies scholar leaves the University of Chicago at Illinois for Northwestern. ... A Smithsonian museum director becomes dean of graduate studies at the University of Maryland at College Park. ... The director of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Human Gene Therapy, under fire since a patient at the institute died in 1999, will resign.
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- TWO GRAPHS DEPICT trends in faculty pay and the cost of living and pension money invested in the stock market.
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- FOUNDATION GRANTS; GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PROFESSOR GADGET
Steve Mann, a faculty member at the University of Toronto, wears a Web-connected computer-vision system every day. It's the future, he says.
A SCHOLARLY E-BOOK
He knew that "self-publishing" was a dirty word. But Marshall Poe, a lecturer in history and literature at Harvard University, found good reasons to think the unthinkable.
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- ONLINE: Two researchers at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln have measured the impact of "link rot" on online education -- and it's not pretty.
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- INCENTIVE PLANS: Ford Motor Company and GM are sponsoring programs that will let employees earn degrees through distance education.
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- FREE TO DO 'REAL SCIENCE': Only one museum is connected to Abilene, the backbone network operated by the Internet2 consortium of research universities.
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- CYBERSPACE SECURITY: The White House called on colleges to help develop a strategy for protecting computer networks from outside attacks.
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- 'TELEMEDICINA': Doctors in remote Mexican villages will soon connect to experts at the University of Texas via satellite and Internet linkups.
STUDENTS
HONOR BOUND
The University of Virginia's fabled judicial system is mired in trauma and lawsuits, while some systems that are less well known may be functioning more effectively.
AT HOME ANYWHERE
American students abroad learn a lot about themselves. Unfortunately, that's pretty much all they learn, writes Ben Feinberg, a faculty member at Warren Wilson College.
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- BACK IN THE HOT SEAT: Harvard University officials defended their commitment to diversity after a series of racially charged incidents at the law school.
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- LESS PRESSURE ON STUDENTS: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has abandoned its early-decision admissions policy.
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- RANDOM INTERVIEW: A Texas Christian University student reflects on partying, guys, and being a Christian at a sorority.
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- FITS OVER FITCH: A well-known clothing retailer managed to anger students at both Swarthmore College and Stanford University.
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- ACCEPTED AND REJECTED: The University of California at Davis appeared to offer admission to 105 applicants it had actually turned down.
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- CAPITAL IDEA: A businessman-turned-professor is promising to put up a total of $1-million over the next 10 years to help students in his classes on entrepreneurship start their own companies.
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- PRIME NUMBERS: Prospective college students pay attention to many features other than the party scene when they visit campuses, a survey has found.
ATHLETICS
SEE YOU AT PRACTICE, PROFESSOR
A few college coaches still teach in the classroom, but the demands of each job have become too great for many to play the dual roles.
TECHNICAL FOUL
The fight for gender equity in college sports should not be waged with unfair interpretations of Title IX, writes Jessica Gavora, a senior policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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- SIDELINES: Stanford athletics officials are denying the veiled accusation that they turned away a University of Nebraska coach because of his religious beliefs.
INTERNATIONAL
TORTURED IN CONGO
A sociologist at the University of Lubumbashi is trying to recover from 250 days of detention and beatings stemming from his research on ethnic hatred.
FROGMAN
An American researcher has found his own personal frog paradise in a remote corner of Colombia.
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- 'TELEMEDICINA': Doctors in remote Mexican villages will soon connect to experts at the University of Texas via satellite and Internet linkups.
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- MUZZLED KIWIS: Academics at the University of Auckland have been told that they will be fired if they publicly criticize their colleagues or the institution.
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- HONG KONG FOCUS: A report says the region should build up its eight public universities selectively, to help them compete internationally.
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- WORLDBEAT: Bribery and corruption increased sharply last year at Russian colleges. ... The European Union plans more student exchanges between colleges in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW
INVISIBLE MAN?
What's a white professor doing in African-American studies? Teaching. What did you expect? asks Mark D. Naison, a professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University.
ADDICTED IN ACADEME
In Alcoholics Anonymous, a professor of English at an American research university finds revealing narratives, including her own.
TECHNICAL FOUL
The fight for gender equity in college sports should not be waged with unfair interpretations of Title IX, writes Jessica Gavora, a senior policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Justice.
BATTLE LINES
What's happened to the political left? A face-off between Tariq Ali and Christopher Hitchens reveals the divisions, writes Michael Bérubé, a professor of English at Pennsylvania State University at University Park.
EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY
Part-time faculty members aren't lesser faculty members. So why should they receive lesser compensation? Two instructors, one an adjunct, take on the question.
A SCHOLARLY E-BOOK
He knew that "self-publishing" was a dirty word. But Marshall Poe, a lecturer in history and literature at Harvard University, found good reasons to think the unthinkable.
KISS OF DEATH
Two new plays are seduced and abandoned by the enduring myth of the femme fatale, writes Julia M. Klein, a cultural reporter and critic.
UNREAL REALMS
An old man in a Chicago rooming house had invented a universe. Henry Darger didn't know that was called art.
AT HOME ANYWHERE
American students abroad learn a lot about themselves. Unfortunately, that's pretty much all they learn, writes Ben Feinberg, a faculty member at Warren Wilson College.
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- EX LIBRIS: Excerpts from I Remember My Teacher: 365 Reminiscences of the Teachers Who Changed Our Lives, by David M. Shribman.
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