From the issue dated July 11, 2003
THE FACULTY LIFTING THE STIGMA The University of Central Arkansas shows how fast an institution can get off the censure list of the American Association of University Professors. WHEN TO PROCREATE A young scholar opts to give birth in graduate school rather than on the tenure track.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING ORIGAMI BY COMPUTER Mathematicians devise theories to open up the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. IN THE TREETOPS A biologist at Colorado College tracks flammulated owls through the Western night to learn about their behavior and their habitat. WORDS INTO ACTION Whoever is best able to tell Americans their story will write the next chapter, writes Rogers M. Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. WORLD WIDE WEBS If globalization can erode community, communities can also define how globalization proceeds. Consider, for instance, a group of Maya poultry workers in Morganton, N.C., writes Leon Fink, a professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY? The president weighs using the renewal of the Higher Education Act to attack colleges for high costs and high dropout rates. FALLING SHORT IN FLORIDA Higher-education policies and programs in the state are in trouble, but lawmakers have done little to resolve a variety of major problems. BILL PAST DUE It's time Congress held universities accountable for unjustified increases in tuition, writes Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, a Republican from California who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives.
MONEY & MANAGEMENT UNTAPPED RESOURCE Gallaudet University, founded to educate deaf people, is trying new approaches to improve a laggardly record of giving by its alumni. LIFTING THE STIGMA The University of Central Arkansas shows how fast an institution can get off the censure list of the American Association of University Professors. TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY? The president weighs using the renewal of the Higher Education Act to attack colleges for high costs and high dropout rates. THE SAME OLD SONG It is only by remaining narrow that an enterprise can ensure its survival and its utility, writes Stanley Fish, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. OPPORTUNITY FINALLY KNOCKS An associate dean fulfills his quest to move up the administrative ranks.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLAYING CATCH-UP Campus administrators scramble to follow federal rules that force colleges to comply with a law requiring that personal data be protected from computer mishaps.
ATHLETICS SHIFTING ALLIANCES The move of two colleges from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference leaves many questions about the future of college sports.
STUDENTS MOD QUAD In both their dazzling glory and their rather alien presence, new student centers reflect startling changes in the nature of higher education and undergraduate life, writes Michael J. Lewis, chairman of the art department at Williams College.
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC IDENTITY CRISIS In Saudi Arabia, universities are torn between a conservative, traditional interpretation of Islam and more-moderate views.
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW LOCO LINGO In striving to avoid Hispanic stereotyping, the language police warp students' cultural expectations, writes Will H. Corral, who will become a professor of Spanish-American literature and culture at California State University at Sacramento in the fall. MOD QUAD In both their dazzling glory and their rather alien presence, new student centers reflect startling changes in the nature of higher education and undergraduate life, writes Michael J. Lewis, chairman of the art department at Williams College. WORDS INTO ACTION Whoever is best able to tell Americans their story will write the next chapter, writes Rogers M. Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. WORLD WIDE WEBS If globalization can erode community, communities can also define how globalization proceeds. Consider, for instance, a group of Maya poultry workers in Morganton, N.C., writes Leon Fink, a professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY A group of philosophers investigates the standard account of their discipline's heritage -- and finds a counterfeit, writes Carlin Romano, The Chronicle's critic at large. PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY A deconstruction of a PBS deconstruction of Simon Schama's deconstruction of a 19th-century murder at Harvard, by Louis P. Masur, a professor of history at the City College of New York. ARTFUL EDGES Mary Edna Fraser uses batik to convey the beauty and fragility of vanishing barrier islands. BILL PAST DUE It's time Congress held universities accountable for unjustified increases in tuition, writes Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, a Republican from California who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CAREER NETWORK THE SAME OLD SONG It is only by remaining narrow that an enterprise can ensure its survival and its utility, writes Stanley Fish, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. OPPORTUNITY FINALLY KNOCKS An associate dean fulfills his quest to move up the administrative ranks. WHEN TO PROCREATE A young scholar opts to give birth in graduate school rather than on the tenure track.
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