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INTERNATIONAL
IN THE UNITED STATES, CLOSING DOORS?
Some experts on academic exchanges fear that government
policies in the United States are becoming less hospitable to
foreign students and scholars: A45
ALSO IN THE U.S., FULBRIGHT STUDIES
The National Humanities Center has started an independent
review to examine how international exchanges should operate
in the 21st century: A45
- IN INDIA, a defender of Salman Rushdie returns to a hostile
campus: A45
- IN ISRAEL, a science building is "environmentally friendly":
A45
- IN BRITAIN, 100,000 academics strike over pay raise: A46
- ALSO IN BRITAIN, the University of Oxford tries to save a
$33-million gift for a business school: A46
- IN GREECE, riot police used tear gas to break up a student
protest: A46
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
PROMOTING DARWIN
A new book by the University of Oxford's Richard Dawkins
continues his effort to explain evolution theory to the public:
A14
THE DEPARTMENT OF BOAS AND MEAD
Columbia University, which has seen its once-renowned
anthropology program fall into decline, is recruiting 10
leading scholars to revive it: A15
A PAPER TRAIL OF TORTURE
The University of California at Berkeley has acquired a
collection of 400-year-old trial documents that could shed
light on the Inquisition's inner workings in Mexico: B10
- CENTER TAKES a new approach to species conservation: A12
- EMBRYONIC-CELL TRANSPLANTS are found to ameliorate
blindness: A16
- INFIDELITY DISTURBS MEN and women for different reasons,
scholars say: A16
- A FOSSIL FIND has greatly extended the age of the earliest
human ancestors: A17
- THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE of Technology named an asteroid
after Walter Cronkite: A8
- TWO ROBOTS COMMUNICATED via the Internet in a first
transatlantic experiment: A10
- HOT TYPE: A18
- The author of In the Name of the Family: Rethinking
Family Values in the Postmodern Age has landed the
Streisand Chair at the University of Southern California.
- A feminist scholar's book of essays focuses on personal
scholarship.
- 68 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A18-21
- Nota Bene: The Strange Deaths of President Harding, by
Robert H. Ferrell, a professor emeritus of history at
Indiana University. The book is published by the
University of Missouri Press.
- 98 SCHOLARS have been honored with fellowships by the
National Research Council; all of them are listed in this
issue of The Chronicle: A48
THE FACULTY
EMPLOYMENT TENSIONS FLARE
On a number of campuses, faculty members and graduate students
are protesting administrators' decisions on tenure, wages, and
working conditions: A12
THE MISDIRECTION OF PH.D.'S
Too many professors at research universities are out of touch
with the societal challenges and fiscal realities facing the
next generation of doctoral students, says Robert H. Atwell,
president emeritus of the American Council on Education: B4
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MAPPING THE FUTURE OF GEOGRAPHY
The development of new cartography-related technologies has
attracted more students to the field and has improved the
visibility of its scholars: A23
TEACHING ENCRYPTION
Some academics fear that an order signed by President Clinton
could limit what they can teach foreign students, but the
White House says it changes nothing: A24
VIRTUAL JOB FAIR
Employment recruiters from 20 companies were able to meet
students at 19 universities by using videoconferencing
software: A25
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
WORK OR STUDY?
New government rules on welfare are making it hard for many
people on public assistance to finish college: A29
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- Some states are trying to circumvent provisions in the
new federal welfare law that may force many students to
leave college: A30
CLOSING DOORS IN THE UNITED STATES?
Some experts on academic exchanges fear that government
policies in the United States are becoming less hospitable to
foreign students and scholars: A45
SLOW PROGRESS IN ALABAMA
A federal judge and some academics are frustrated by the pace
at which the state's colleges are meeting desegregation goals:
A31
THE FALLOUT FROM PROPOSITION 209
Affirmative action helped me, and its rejection in California
will hurt students who must live without it, writes Horace
Porter, an associate professor of English at Stanford
University: B6
MEDICAL MERGER
The governing boards of the University of California and
Stanford University have agreed on a controversial plan to
unite their hospitals in the San Francisco Bay area: A33
REVIVING A DEDUCTION
The new Congress may be receptive to proposals for restoring a
tax break for interest paid on student loans: A33
RADIATION EXPERIMENTS
The U.S. Energy Department said it would pay $4.8-million to
settle claims stemming from tests in which research subjects
were injected with plutonium and uranium: A34
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
AN INVESTMENT QUANDARY
The value of Agnes Scott College's Coca-Cola stock has
skyrocketed, but the institution can't sell the securities to
diversify its holdings: A35
TWO $60-MILLION GIFTS
The donations put the Illinois Institute of Technology almost
halfway toward the goal of a fund-raising campaign it hasn't
yet announced: A36
- A UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA donor apparently wanted to give a
scholarship for American Indian virgins in the state: A35
- 63 DARTMOUTH ALUMNI endowed a chair in the name of a noted
professor there who is now retired: A35
- PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES agreed to pay $18-million to end a
lawsuit related to the New Era bankruptcy: A36
STUDENTS
MORE THAN A FOOD COURT
A new kind of student union at George Mason University has some
attributes of a shopping mall but also includes facilities
normally found in academic buildings: A39
POETRY IN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Babson College requires its M.B.A. students to take special
classes in the arts to encourage creativity and risk taking:
A10
MOVING OFF THE WELFARE ROLLS
Wisconsin is making it much harder for students on public
assistance to stay in college by pushing them to find jobs
rather than to complete their degrees: A29
ATHLETICS
LONG-AWAITED RULING IN TITLE IX CASE
In a decision that could have a wide impact, a federal appeals
panel has found that Brown University illegally discriminated
against its female athletes: A41
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- The full text of the majority opinion and the dissent
in the case.
- FOUR COLLEGES DOMINATED basketball's academic honor roll:
A41
- BELOIT COLLEGE played hardball with the National Football
League over its football team's logo: A41
- A UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN swimmer suffered a setback in his
legal battle with the National Collegiate Athletic
Association: A44
- LOU HOLTZ RESIGNED as the head football coach at Notre
Dame: A44
- A REPORT issued by the National Collegiate Athletic
Association says most college sports programs lose money:
A44
- FIVE ATHLETES at Grambling State University were charged
with raping a teen-ager: A44
OPINION & LETTERS
INTEGRATION NOW
American-studies programs can serve as an inclusive home for
the examination of the different ethnic groups and cultures
that make up the United States, writes Sean Wilentz, director
of the Program in American Studies at Princeton University: A56
THE MISDIRECTION OF PH.D.'S
Too many professors at research universities are out of touch
with the societal challenges and fiscal realities facing the
next generation of doctoral students, says Robert H. Atwell,
president emeritus of the American Council on Education: B4
THE FALLOUT FROM PROPOSITION 209
Affirmative action helped me, and its rejection in California
will hurt students who must live without it, writes Horace
Porter, an associate professor of English at Stanford
University: B6
MARGINALIA: A8
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
A ONE-MAN GENRE
Two Amherst College professors pay a visit to a performance
artist who is simply too good to be true: B9
NOTES FROM ACADEME
An exhibition of works by the Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte
includes poems commissioned for the show at the Armand Hammer
Museum of Art: B2
THE MAGIC OF THE MOMENT
Claude Hale's photographs, on display at the University of
North Alabama (where he teaches), capture the emotion at the
W.C. Handy Festival of blues and jazz: B76
- A WINTHROP UNIVERSITY student's sculpture, featuring a dead
kitten, drew fire from the local Humane Society: A8
- BELOIT COLLEGE was accused of censorship by students after
it closed a "Queer Art" exhibit for a day: A10
- A DREXEL UNIVERSITY professor's confectionary "Tableau in
Homage to Cezanne" took first prize at a recent exhibit: A8
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