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From the issue dated June 6, 2008 |
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Short SubjectsTHE WAY WE WERETime capsules, some of them on college campuses, are buried with a distinct sense of optimism. YOUR CAMPUS, UNCENSORED: A college's efforts to manage its public image can be undermined in moments by a student with a video camera and an upload connection to YouTube. EVERYBODY WINS: A mostly white college in Kentucky adopts the alumni of a defunct black college in Texas and takes steps toward raising minority enrollment. TRUE CRIME: Reports from campus police logs. RAVES, NOT RATINGS: The business school at Temple University has set up a Web site where students can send thank-you notes to their professors. PRIME NUMBERS: An online bookseller lists the 10 priciest yearbooks ever sold on its site. The FacultySECOND CHANCEAt Columbia University, the high-profile and controversial tenure bid of Joseph A. Massad, a Palestinian-American professor of Arab politics, will be decided by a new ad hoc review board and campus officials. HYPERACCESSIBLEWhen students, colleagues, and others can always get to you electronically, it can get to you, writes Piper Fogg. TIME'S ARROWIntellectually, practically, and socially, aging takes a particular kind of toll on professors. But it also offers them perspective, experience, and opportunities to give back to the profession, writes Lennard J. Davis. MORE GUILTY PLEASURESGrading with a beer buzz, deer hunting, watching the complete cinematic oeuvre of Hilary Duff, and other unspeakable indulgences. THAT'S HOW SHE ROLLSHonors-program coordinator by day; derby bruiser by night, Margaret Marquis lives outside the academic box. LINEUP FOR THE 'DREAM TEAM'The ideal search committee resembles an athletics squad made up of people who play key positions in a coordinated effort. PEER REVIEW: Jerzy Nowak will lead Virginia Tech's new center on peace studies. ... Frederick A. Winter moves from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Research & BooksA PICTURE'S WORTHA new plague of image tampering among some researchers afflicts scientific journals and scientific integrity. THE WAY WE WERETime capsules, some of them on college campuses, are buried with a distinct sense of optimism. WORDS INTO ACTIONThe Harvard political philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger, leader of the critical-legal-studies movement, tests the transformative power of ideas as a minister in Brazil. A profile, by Carlin Romano. HOW TO BECOME A GRANT REVIEWERThe best way to find out what agencies look for in a proposal is to participate in a review session yourself. HANDS OFF OUR PAPERS: After complaints from professors, a conference-facilitation company has stopped trying to sell their scholarly submissions online. PRIME NUMBERS: An online bookseller lists the 10 priciest yearbooks ever sold on its site. Information TechnologyDIGITAL DELETIONUniversity librarians, looking for ways to get their materials online, express disappointment at Microsoft's decision to pull out of the book-digitization market. CERTIFYING ONLINE RESEARCHDisciplinary societies should devise a rigorous peer-review process for evaluating scholarly Web sites. LINKED IN WITH: Jawed Karim, a YouTube co-founder, now helps students start technology companies. RAVES, NOT RATINGS: The business school at Temple University has set up a Web site where students can send thank-you notes to their professors. Money & ManagementTURNAROUND TACTICSAs colleges continue to confront the difficulties of an uncertain economy, The Chronicle looks at seven that have found ways to thrive. TOUTING A TEST, DESPITE QUESTIONSIn an effort to satisfy demands for accountability, a coalition of private colleges is pressing its members to adopt a standardized achievement test that assesses student progress, even though two studies question the exam's reliability. THE WAY WE WERETime capsules, some of them on college campuses, are buried with a distinct sense of optimism. YOUR CAMPUS, UNCENSOREDA college's efforts to manage its public image can be undermined in moments by a student with a video camera and an upload connection to YouTube. NO POPULARITY CONTEST: An unlikely champion has surfaced for the renovation of Yale University's love-to-hate-it Art & Architecture building. BEWARE THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT: An accreditation advocate warns colleges to steel themselves for an era of intense federal oversight. STORM-TOSSED PROGRAMS RETURN: The Louisiana Board of Regents approved the reinstatement of three academic programs that were dropped by Southern University at New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. $35-BILLION AND COUNTING: A Harvard University alumna questions whether she and fellow graduates should continue to give to the institution when most of its endowment is invested rather than spent. A PLACE IN THE CITY: Georgia State University's departing president talks about how his institution has grown in partnership with Atlanta. PEER REVIEW: Jerzy Nowak will lead Virginia Tech's new center on peace studies. ... Frederick A. Winter moves from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Government & Politics'WORKABLE ALTERNATIVE'?A lawsuit over race-based admissions in Texas may affect the future of the state's top-10-percent plan. GI BILL ADVANCES: Legislation to expand veterans' benefits has made its way from the Senate to the House of Representatives. StudentsPENCILS DOWNWake Forest University has joined the ranks of colleges that do not require standardized-test scores from applicants. TOUTING A TEST, DESPITE QUESTIONSIn an effort to satisfy demands for accountability, a coalition of private colleges is pressing its members to adopt a standardized achievement test that assesses student progress, even though two studies question the exam's reliability. OPENING ANOTHER DOOR: In an effort to get more of its citizens into college, Ohio will give college credit for some courses taken by workers at technical-education centers. DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS ON THE CAMPUS: For-profit colleges are serving a bigger share of a market that includes an increasing number of female and minority students, a federal report says. CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK: Reports on first-generation students and on the value of racial data, among other data, attracted attention at the recent meeting of the Association for Institutional Research. InternationalRED TAPE, IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGESInternational educators complained about proposed regulatory changes and discussed the need to promote study abroad at the annual conference of Nafsa: Association of International Educators, which drew more than 9,300 people to Washington. LA DOLCE VILLAThe Liguria Study Center, in Bogliasco, Italy, offers a stately perch from which a few lucky scholars and artists can gaze at the Mediterranean and gather their thoughts, writes Peter Monaghan. DUBLIN, DECODEDThe city is historical in scope but personal in scale, writes Kevin J.H. Dettmar. CommentaryTRIUMPH OF THE BUSINESS MODELThe closing of foreign-language departments is part of the decline of the liberal arts, and that's a tragedy, write Will H. Corral and Daphne Patai. WHERE THE BOYS WEREGirls now outnumber boys in higher education and in the professional work force, notes Thomas G. Mortenson, who says too many men are failing to keep up. ARMED AND SAFEThe development of prudent weapons policies can protect colleges from lawsuits as well as from violent crimes, argues Jonathan Alger. The Chronicle ReviewWORDS INTO ACTIONThe Harvard political philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger, leader of the critical-legal-studies movement, tests the transformative power of ideas as a minister in Brazil. A profile, by Carlin Romano. DUBLIN, DECODEDThe city is historical in scope but personal in scale, writes Kevin J.H. Dettmar. LA DOLCE VILLAThe Liguria Study Center, in Bogliasco, Italy, offers a stately perch from which a few lucky scholars and artists can gaze at the Mediterranean and gather their thoughts, writes Peter Monaghan. HYPERACCESSIBLEWhen students, colleagues, and others can always get to you electronically, it can get to you, writes Piper Fogg. TIME'S ARROWIntellectually, practically, and socially, aging takes a particular kind of toll on professors. But it also offers them perspective, experience, and opportunities to give back to the profession, writes Lennard J. Davis. MORE GUILTY PLEASURESGrading with a beer buzz, deer hunting, watching the complete cinematic oeuvre of Hilary Duff, and other unspeakable indulgences. SHADOW'S KISSBetter to have loved and lost, perhaps. But broken hearts have consequences far beyond the figurative, and mending one is a momentous project, writes Helen Fisher. THAT'S HOW SHE ROLLSHonors-program coordinator by day; derby bruiser by night, Margaret Marquis lives outside the academic box. NOTA BENE:In a new book, black woman historians describe their experiences, from isolation to solidarity. Letters to the EditorChronicle CareersHOW TO BECOME A GRANT REVIEWERThe best way to find out what agencies look for in a proposal is to participate in a review session yourself. CERTIFYING ONLINE RESEARCHDisciplinary societies should devise a rigorous peer-review process for evaluating scholarly Web sites. LINEUP FOR THE 'DREAM TEAM'The ideal search committee resembles an athletics squad made up of people who play key positions in a coordinated effort. DETAILS OF AVAILABLE POSTS, including teaching and research positions in higher education, administrative and executive jobs, and openings outside academe |