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From the issue dated March 21, 2008 |
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Short SubjectsFOAM AWAY FROM FOAMNot all that many college students whoop it up at the beach during spring break, reports a major brewery. EXHUMING A GIANT: Researchers from the University of British Columbia have unearthed the massive carcass of a blue whale on Prince Edward Island. DATING IS HARD WORK: An undergraduate biology student in Columbia attached heart monitors to students to find out whether men or women burn more calories during courtship. BOWLING BACK THE YEARS: Georgian Court University is restoring the nation's oldest known operational bowling alley, on its campus. Notes From Academe'EVERY ONE OF THE STUDENTS IS A FLOWER'A security officer at Chapman University has another job on the side: building a school for the orphans of his native village in Ethiopia. The FacultyA CONFLICT OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONSThe firing of two tenured professors of Bible studies at Cedarville University, a Baptist institution, has roiled the Ohio campus, where a deeper theological debate goes on. SYLLABUS: A multidisciplinary course at Southwestern University uses chocolate to teach just about everything — sweet! PEER REVIEW: Tony Blair will teach a seminar on faith and globalization at Yale University ... A University of Chicago Egyptologist is expected to be the next president of the American University of Beirut ... The University of Mary Washington hires a system administrator as its president. Research & BooksTHEY'LL MUGGLE THROUGHA family bids a mournful but grateful farewell to Harry Potter. A HELPING HAND: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will award $300-million to as many as 70 young scientists in a new program meant to help researchers start their careers. EXHUMING A GIANT: Researchers from the University of British Columbia have unearthed the massive carcass of a blue whale on Prince Edward Island. DATING IS HARD WORK: An undergraduate biology student in Columbia attached heart monitors to students to find out whether men or women burn more calories during courtship. Information TechnologySURPRISE RULING: A federal judge in Texas has ordered Desire2Learn to stop sales of its course-management system because of a patent held by Blackboard. LINKED IN WITH...: Richard E. Ladner, a professor who develops tools that help disabled students use the Web. Money & ManagementKEEPING THE FAITHStudents and staff members at Oral Roberts University are cautiously optimistic that a $70-million gift will help their institution survive without losing its special religious character. FALSE-CLAIMS SUIT: Three former academic officers at Kaplan University have filed a wide-ranging federal lawsuit that accuses the fast-growing for-profit institution of defrauding the U.S. government of more than $4-billion. $5.9-MILLION IN GRANTS: The United Negro College Fund will give money to six historically black colleges to help them improve their fund raising. ARTFUL RULING: A Tennessee judge said that Fisk University may keep its valuable collection of American and European art even though it breached the agreement under which the works were given. MARCH MADNESS: Greg Shaheen, the NCAA's senior vice president for basketball and business strategies, discusses the association's efforts to broaden its revenue sources. PEER REVIEW: Tony Blair will teach a seminar on faith and globalization at Yale University ... A University of Chicago Egyptologist is expected to be the next president of the American University of Beirut ... The University of Mary Washington hires a system administrator as its president. Government & PoliticsTRUTH AND CONSEQUENCESHow will Eliot Spitzer's agenda for higher education fare under a new governor? NEWS ANALYSIS: Private lenders may have contributed to their own problems by scaring colleges and students away from their services. EXPANSION PLANS: In response to the loss of lenders in the private student-loan market, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is preparing legislation to expand eligibility for federal student loans. STRONG MEDICINE: A Kentucky judge has ruled that a state appropriation to a Baptist university to build a pharmacy school is unconstitutional. BREATHING SPACE: Two national medical organizations have asked Congress to reverse an Education Department decision that would end deferrals of interest for certain student loans. StudentsFINANCIAL AID AND THE MODERN FAMILYCollege administrators are struggling with how to evaluate the needs of students with divorced, remarried, and same-sex parents, and they say the Education Department isn't helping. A GYM APARTFor reasons of religion, different styles of play, or just convenience, more women are getting their colleges to set aside space or time for female-only athletics. AN INTRACTABLE PROBLEM: Hazing is widespread and "woven into the fabric of student life and culture," researchers reported at the conference of Naspa — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. FOAM AWAY FROM FOAM: Not all that many college students whoop it up at the beach during spring break, reports a major brewery. AthleticsMARCH MADNESSGreg Shaheen, the NCAA's senior vice president for basketball and business strategies, discusses the association's efforts to broaden its revenue sources. A GYM APARTFor reasons of religion, different styles of play, or just convenience, more women are getting their colleges to set aside space or time for female-only athletics. InternationalAN EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION IN THE WORKSHoping to keep its students at home and lure others from nearby countries, South Korea invites foreign universities to set up shop. 'EVERY ONE OF THE STUDENTS IS A FLOWER'A security officer at Chapman University has another job on the side: building a school for the orphans of his native village in Ethiopia. CommentaryUNDERSTANDING STUDENT HOOKUP CULTUREThe predominance of 'hooking up' in the campus dating scene is inextricably linked with alcohol use and sexual assaults, says Kathleen A. Bogle. To curb the latter, it is important to understand the former. RECONCILING SEX AND SPIRITUALITYMany students struggle to balance their religious ideals with their physical desires. Colleges should help them by fostering open discussions about the age-old conflict between flesh and the divine, writes Donna Freitas. ACCOUNTING'S COUNTLESS ELEMENTSResearch in the discipline needs to go beyond mathematical models, write Michael H. Granof and Stephen A. Zeff. AFFORDABLE INTERNSHIPSBen Yagoda points out that many students can't afford to give up paychecks — or, worse, spend them — to obtain unpaid internships for academic credit. The Chronicle ReviewTHE INCOMPLETE REVOLUTIONThe roots of the modern conservative movement in the 1970s help us understand the contradictions within today's Republican Party, write Bruce J. Schulman and Julian E. Zelizer. IMMIGRATIONScholars weigh in on the candidates' views. BORDER OF SIGNIFICANCEHowever heated the campaign rhetoric, immigration policies don't determine the outcome of presidential elections, writes Donna R. Gabaccia. PEW IN THE PEWSA survey upends some conventional wisdom about religion in America, writes Alan Wolfe. FROM STONE TO STAGEA Frederick Hart sculpture comes to choreographic life in Louisville, Ky. THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCYBush lacks persuasive powers, so how has he amassed so many other kinds? Michael Nelson points to recent books that seek to explain. JOHN ADAMS, IN BRILLIANT COLORSWith an HBO series, the second president is becoming American history's most widely sung unsung hero, writes Michael Nelson. THEY'LL MUGGLE THROUGHA family bids a mournful but grateful farewell to Harry Potter. NOTA BENE: What is your best cultural location? asks Richard Florida. Priscilla Wald examines the outbreak narrative. And a new biography considers Wallace Stegner's place in the 20th-century American West. CRITICAL MASS: Responses to Susan Jacoby's The Age of American Unreason. PORTFOLIO: Moyra Davey celebrates photography's accidental moments. Letters to the EditorChronicle CareersCONFERENCE RULES, PART 2Everything you need to know about presenting a scholarly paper in public. THE FIRST GENTLEMANThe life of a presidential spouse is an isolating one, and even more so for a male partner. MEAT LOAF AND MEWhat does a dean at a small Illinois college have in common with an aging rock star? DETAILS OF AVAILABLE POSTS, including teaching and research positions in higher education, administrative and executive jobs, and openings outside academe |