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INTERNATIONAL
IN CROATIA, A TOUGH ROAD TO RENEWAL
Political power struggles are making it difficult for the
Inter-University Center, once a bastion of academic freedom, to
find its place in postwar Dubrovnik: A51
IN BRITAIN, MEETING A GROWING NEED
The Global Alliance for Transnational Education, a new group
that seeks to promote accurate international comparisons of
academic programs and thereby to foster study outside of
students' home countries, held its first meeting: A52
IN NEW ZEALAND, A DEFAMATION BATTLE
A libel suit against a political scientist by a former Prime
Minister could have a chilling effect on academic freedom in
the country: A53
IN SCANDINAVIA, ON-LINE COLLABORATION
Twelve institutions are exploring how they can use the Internet
to share courses and to administer joint degree programs: A35
- IN ISRAEL, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is denying
reports that it plans to relocate its campus: A51
- IN THE PHILIPPINES, former President Corazon Aquino has won
the Fulbright Association's annual award for international
understanding: A51
- IN CHINA, Webster University has established an M.B.A.
program for Chinese professionals: A51
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
MEASURES OF INTELLIGENCE
Maverick articles by James Flynn, a political scientist at New
Zealand's University of Otago, have spurred scholars to study
why people are doing better and better on I.Q. tests: A18
CLASH OF CULTURES
Some indigenous groups are criticizing an effort by biomedical
scientists to collect human DNA samples from around the world.
They say they need health care and economic aid, not research
advances in genetics: A20
COLLISION COURSE
Andy J. Piekutowski, a researcher at the University of Dayton,
examines the damage that tiny, paint-chip-size pieces of debris
can cause when they strike spacecrafts or astronauts: A20
VOTER RAGE
A new book by Susan J. Tolchin, a professor of public
administration at George Washington University, examines why
so many Americans are angry at the government: A9
- SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES in advertisements have only short-lived
effects on viewers, according to a University of Washington
study: A22
- EDGAR ALLAN POE may have died of rabies, not alcoholism,
says a researcher at the University of Maryland Medical
Center: A22
- A BRYANT COLLEGE PROFESSOR has called for a gender-neutral
framework for studying sexual harassment, claiming that a
majority of studies today are incomplete and misleading: A22
- A NOVEL WRITTEN IN 1859 can be read as a rejoinder to the
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision, a University of
Washington scholar contends: A22
- HOT TYPE: A24
- Amitai Etzioni, a George Washington University professor
and one of the leaders of the communitarian movement,
claims a new book on the subject by Bruce Frohnen was
written "in reckless disregard of the truth."
- It took Thomas Waugh, a professor at Montreal's Concordia
University, more than 10 years to find a publisher for
his graphic book Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in
Photography From Their Beginnings to Stonewall. Now
skittish printers may delay the publishing date further.
- 89 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A24-28
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS
PH.D., 1996
How five new members of the professoriate, with doctorates from
top programs in their disciplines, are beginning their careers
in academe: A10-13
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- At 25 and with a Harvard Ph.D. in economics, Nicholas C.
Barberis, is the youngest faculty member hired this year
by the business school at the University of Chicago: A10
- Michael W. Deem, a chemical engineer at the University of
California at Los Angeles, is attracting attention for
his work in physic, biochemistry, and engineering: A11
- Jonathan M. Flatley, a professor of English at the
University of Virginia, studies Russian literature,
African-American literature, and modernism: A11
- Ruth Rogaski, a new China hand in Princeton's history
department, arrives fresh from completing a dissertation
at Yale under the supervision of Jonathan D. Spence: A12
- David G. Haskell, an ecologist at the University of the
South, is excited by its emphasis on teaching and by the
forest that surrounds its campus: A13
BATTLE OVER A BOOK
Some Southern Baptist leaders are angry about a new book by R.
Kirby Godsey, the president of Mercer University, who argues
that the Bible is not inerrant: A14
HARASSMENT CASE
A state judge in New York rejected most parts of a lawsuit by
by James Maas, a popular psychology professor, against Cornell
University. He said it had disciplined him unjustly: A15
- BARNARD COLLEGE settled a five-month strike by its clerical
workers over the institution's health-care plan: A8
- EMORY UNIVERSITY has hired two leading black academics,
Johnnetta Cole and Wole Soyinka: A10
- YALE UNIVERSITY'S history department has enjoyed a
recruitment bonanza this fall, hiring six new scholars: A10
- TEACHING ASSISTANTS at the University of California at Los
Angeles were granted collective-bargaining rights by an
administrative-law judge: A15
- THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA has raised by 19 per cent the minimum
salary that can be paid to research and teaching
assistants: A15
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL INFRINGEMENT
Many colleges are scrambling to protect themselves from
lawsuits over copyrighted material that students have posted on
their World-Wide Web pages: A29
ON-LINE COLLABORATION
Twelve institutions in Scandinavia are exploring how they can
use the Internet to share courses and to administer joint
degree programs: A35
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
CONFLICTING OBLIGATIONS
Many states that created scholarships for minority students as
part of court-ordered desegregation plans now fear they may be
sued for bias against white students: A40
CONGRESSIONAL ABOUT-FACE
With both Democrats and Republicans now offering plans that
would increase spending on education in 1997, student aid is
expected to fare well -- contrary to earlier expectations: A41
TAKING A TOLL
Educators say Congressional cuts in the budget of the National
Endowment for the Humanities make it harder for the agency to
fulfill its mission: A42
AMERICORPS SURVIVES
In a compromise reached on Capitol Hill, the Clinton
Administration's national-service program will live to see
another year: A43
CRIME ON THE CAMPUS
In the first such action of its kind, the U.S. Education
Department has found that Moorhead State University had
violated federal law by failing to report campus crime: A44
KEY LABORATORIES ENDANGERED?
Bob Dole's proposal to cut spending at the Energy Department
has led to fears about the future of research that the agency
supports: A44
- THE PRESIDENTS OF SEVERAL California State University
campuses have taken flak for their opposition to a ballot
measure that would end all state-sponsored affirmative
action: A40
- A MOCK "BAKE SALE" on Capitol Hill highlighted the impact of
recent cuts and freezes in spending on education: A40
- DEMOCRATS in the House of Representatives support science
and technology more often than their Republican colleagues,
according to a controversial study: A45
- THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE is looking into courses taught
by Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, at two Georgia colleges: A45
- SIX FORMER CHIEFS of research at the Environmental
Protection Agency are backing the creation of a National
Institute of the Environment: A45
- TENNESSEE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL has asked a federal court to
lift its 1984 desegregation order, saying that the state has
met requirements to integrate its public colleges: A46
- NEW, TOUGHER ADMISSION POLICIES may have caused the
9-per-cent drop in black enrollment at Mississippi's public
colleges: A46
- THE HEAD OF MISSISSIPPI'S state-college governing board
resigned amid a scandal over his personal finances: A46
- STATE OFFICIALS have rejected Oklahoma State University's
bid to loosen its admission standards to help disadvantaged
applicants get in: A46
- CONGRESS PASSED A BILL requiring the government to make its
records available electronically. The legislation
complements the Freedom of Information Act: A30
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE
Companies that make gifts to higher education are focusing less
on altruism and more on the economic gains they can realize
with links to academe: A37
- THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME is selling bricks from its
football stadium and holding an auction of stadium
memorabilia: A37
- EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE LIMITED, an Illinois company, helps
corporations get tax deductions while enabling needy kids
to go to college: A37
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY has sued a health-care provider with a
similar name. The university claims the similarity violates
trademark law and confuses the public: A38
- PROFESSORS WILL VOTE on whether T.I.A.A.-C.R.E.F., a vast
pension system for academics, should divest itself of stock
in tobacco companies: A38
- BARNARD COLLEGE settled a five-month strike by its clerical
workers over the institution's health-care plan: A8
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE is selling a rare De Lorean car
that it received from an anonymous donor: A8
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY and the College of New Jersey have
settled their dispute over the latter institution's name: A8
- THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO is moving from "666" to a
less "diabolical" telephone exchange: A8
- BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE is tapping into an unexpected source
of money by bottling its own brand of water: A9
STUDENTS
WIDER HORIZONS FOR THE DISABLED
More students with physical disabilities are asking colleges
to pay for the assistance they need to study overseas: A47
- A COLLEGE GUIDE published by the Princeton Review ranks
the best institutions for students who are just looking for
a good time: A47
- A 36-YEAR-OLD STUDENT at the University of West Florida
filed a complaint when, he says, a fraternity told him he
was too old to join: A47
- MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1996 had an easier time finding
their first jobs than college graduates in any of the
previous five years: A48
- A SHOOTING on Pennsylvania State University's main campus
led to the death of one student: A8
- STUDENTS at the University of California at Berkeley have
been told to beware of mountain lions on the campus: A8
- AT MONMOUTH COLLEGE, a parking crunch necessitated the
hiring of valets to find spaces for commuter students: A8
- ENGINEERING STUDENTS at West Virginia University had a lot
to chew on when they built small, edible cars for a
project: A9
- A THESIS PROJECT at Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale is helping preschool children learn about the
outdoors: A9
- STUDENTS at the University of California at Berkeley are
helping to satisfy the growing need for computer-support
personnel on the campus: A29
- WHAT THEY'RE READING on college campuses: a list of
best-selling books: A48
ATHLETICS
LEFT IN THE LURCH
Hundreds of students have lost their athletics scholarships
because of confusion over high-school courses the National
Collegiate Athletic Association required them to take: A49
- FOOTBALL FANS of the University of Colorado were "banking"
on the team to win against the University of Michigan: A49
- THE LEGENDARY COACH Paul (Bear) Bryant and his many
namesakes were honored at a recent party thrown by the
University of Alabama: A49
- A FEDERAL COURT lifted an order compelling members of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association to disclose data
about coaches' salaries and athletics-department
budgets: A50
- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY has been put on four years'
probation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association
for rules violations in its football program: A50
- THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Athletic Association has reduced
penalties it levied against Darrell Johnson, the former
coach of the Baylor University men's basketball team: A50
OPINION & LETTERS
NEGLECTING ASIA
If the United States wants to flourish in the 21st century, it
must underwrite American scholarship on this critical part of
the world, writes Mary Brown Bullock, president of Agnes Scott
College: A64
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF DEMOCRACY
Limits that the Supreme Court has imposed on race-based voting
districts may actually lead to better election results for
minority candidates, argues Carol M. Swain, a politics
professor at Princeton University: B3
CASTING THEIR BALLOTS
At Tufts University, an innovative voter-registration drive is
making students realize that they are not too young to take
part in the democratic process, says John DiBiaggio, the
university's president: B5
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR RANKINGS
Universities must adopt standardized methods of reporting
statistical data if they want to insure the accuracy of
information published in college guidebooks and to regain the
public's trust, writes Arthur J. Rothkopf, the president of
Lafayette College: B5
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
"THE WAY OF TEA"
Meiji Yamada, a professor of Buddhist studies at Ryukoku
University, has spent years studying and teaching the classic
Japanese ritual: B2
THE BEAUTY OF SCIENCE
Felice Frankel, an innovative photographer at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, brings an artist's eye to documenting
the aesthetic side of work by chemists, physicists, and
engineers: B8
NEEDLE AND THREAD
An exhibition of Renie Breskin Adams's embroidery is at the
Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, in Chicago, through
October 12: B68
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