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INTERNATIONAL
THE STATE OF FOREIGN STUDY
A report found that a record number of foreign students
enrolled in colleges in the United States in 1995-96, but that
the rate of increase slowed markedly in the 1990s: A64
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- Data on the foreign students who attended U.S.
institutions in 1995-96 -- where they came from and where
and what they studied -- and on the institutions that
hosted them: A65
- A total of 84,400 American students participated in
study-abroad programs in 1994-95, a 10.6-per-cent
increase over 1993-94: A66
- Data on the American students who studied abroad in
1994-95, including what institutions they came from, what
countries they went to, and what they studied: A67
- The number of foreign scholars doing research or teaching
at U.S. institutions increased by 2.3 per cent in
1995-96: A68
- Data on the foreign scholars who taught or did research
at U.S. universities in 1995-96, including what countries
they came from, what institutions they went to, and their
fields of specialty: A69
IN MEXICO, WORRY ABOUT EXCHANGES
While the programs help students and faculty members study
elsewhere, a growing number of educators fear the exchanges
don't do enough to help the nation's universities: A70
IN THE UNITED STATES, NAMING NAMES?
A professor at Roxbury Community College is refusing to tell
federal authorities which students went on a trip to Cuba: A71
IN AUSTRALIA, RACIST INCIDENTS
A study has found that almost half the Taiwanese students in
the country have encountered racism and that 15 per cent have
been physically attacked: A72
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
NO "SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION"?
In a new book, Steven Shapin, a sociologist at the University
of California at Berkeley, challenges traditional notions of
how science developed in the 17th century: A17
SHIFTING THE ABORTION DEBATE
Eileen L. McDonagh, a political scientist at Northeastern
University, says it is possible to acknowledge that a fetus is
a human life and still assert the right of a woman to terminate
a pregnancy: A12
- RESEARCHERS HAVE IMPLANTED a prosthetic device designed for
human knees in a cougar: A14
- BROWN UNIVERSITY HAS RECEIVED a collection of writings by
Simon Bolivar, the 19th-century South American
revolutionary: A14
- SPANKING AFFECTS WHITE and black children differently,
according to a new study: A18
- HEALTHY DIETS DO NOT necessarily protect against memory
loss, scholars say: A18
- NEW IMAGES from the Hubble Space Telescope show quasars in a
variety of galaxy types: A19
- THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER has received as a gift the
second-largest collection of published and unpublished
material by Henry David Thoreau in existence: A12
- HOT TYPE: A19
- Three new and forthcoming books deal with their authors'
recollections of their families. One is a memoir of a
parent's death; the others deal with memories arising
from family photographs.
- 134 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A20-27
- Nota Bene: More Than Victims: Battered Women, the
Syndrome Society, and the Law, by Donald Alexander
Downs, a political scientist at the University of
Wisconsin at Madison. The book is published by the
University of Chicago Press.
- 59 SCHOLARS have been honored with fellowships and other
awards; all of them are listed in this issue of The
Chronicle: A74
THE FACULTY
"PASSING THE HARASSER"
In their eagerness to get rid of "problem professors," many
colleges give them good references and don't tell prospective
employers about charges of sexual misconduct against them: A14
THE CRIMINAL MIND
At John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University
of New York, students of forensic psychology explore the dark
side of human nature: A16
- A SURVEY has found improvement in the job market for holders
of Ph.D.'s in mathematics: A14
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY will open some tenure records that until
now have been strictly confidential: A17
- THE FIRING OF A FILIPINO SCHOLAR at University of California
at Berkeley has triggered an outcry: A17
- OFFICIALS at San Diego State University are investigating a
threat made against an unnamed black faculty member: A12
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NEW FINDS IN OLD JOURNALS
Scholarly articles from dozens of journals dating back 100
years are being put on line for easy searching by students and
scholars: A30
MAKING ENDS MEET
Colleges may begin to allow businesses to advertise on their
campus World-Wide Web pages to help the institutions pay for
their expensive on-line offerings: A32
"FAIR USE" GUIDELINES
Publishing, library, and academic groups that have negotiated a
compromise to deal with copyrighted documents and images in
digital form will now try to build support for it among their
members: A35
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
NEW SCRUTINY OF DIRECT LENDING
Although President's Clinton's re-election assured the survival
of the program, Republicans in Congress are stepping up their
criticism of the way it is being managed: A41
AN APPEAL TO UNIVERSITIES
The U.S. Energy Department is launching efforts to insure the
safety of the nation's nuclear-weapons stockpile with the aid
of university scientists: A42
"BRIDGE" GRANTS
Scientists and universities are divided over the value of
special awards from the National Institute of General Medical
Sciences for applicants who missed out on other sources of
funds: A42
ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENT AID
The U.S. Education Department has delayed a controversial
financial-stability regulation governing colleges' eligibility
for student aid, but it has issued other rules in the area: A44
ENHANCING JACKSON STATE
Supporters of the historically black university in Mississippi
have mixed views about how best to improve it: A46
A VICTORY FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of a California
measure that would bar racial preferences by state agencies,
including public colleges and universities: A46
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
A PROFITABLE STRATEGY
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's approach
to technology transfer relies heavily on links to
venture-capital businesses: A49
A MESSY DISPUTE AT TEXAS A&M
The university is being sued by people who don't want it to
house 1,000 research animals -- hogs, goats, and sheep -- near
their homes: A50
- GEORGIA'S PUBLIC COLLEGES may now name buildings after
living donors: A49
- A HIGHER-EDUCATION GROUP is seeking funds to start an
accrediting council that would assess how well colleges
train teachers: A49
- A SURVEY SAYS that universities have not fallen as far
behind as was once thought in maintaining their research
facilities: A52
- DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY and Point Park College have ended talks
on affiliating the institutions: A52
- HOWARD UNIVERSITY'S trustees have approved a restructuring
plan presented by the institution's president: A52
- ALMA COLLEGE, Millikin University, and the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst have started fund drives, and the
University of Oregon ended one: A52
- THE PRESIDENT of Villa Julie College has been fined for
smoking tobacco in a campus washroom: A10
STUDENTS
FROM BOYS TO MEN
An unusual non-credit program at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute helps students learn how to be adults through
wilderness experiences and Indian sweat-lodge rituals: A55
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY is monitoring class attendance and
cracking down on absenteeism with the use of an ID-card
scanner: A55
- NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY students have built a
"tumbleweed catcher": A55
- PACE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS were told by a judge that they must
pay tuition for a course they dropped, whether or not it was
too hard: A56
- STUDENTS at the University of Connecticut at Storrs
demonstrated a bell curve by standing in lines according to
their heights: A10
- A FEMALE STUDENT at Mississippi College was beaten in her
dormitory room by two women who allegedly wanted to exorcise
her of demonic spirits: A10
- STUDENTS at Appalachian State University protested the
administration's handling of sexual-assault and harassment
complaints: A10
- ENGINEERING AND ART STUDENTS at Southern Methodist
University took part in a kite-building and kite-flying
contest: A12
- TEN STUDENTS at California State University at Chico have
been arrested on drug charges in an undercover sting: A12
ATHLETICS
FALLOUT FROM A RULING
In the wake of a court's finding that Brown University violated
Title IX, legal experts expect more pressure to be placed on
colleges to add women's teams or to cut men's teams, and more
debate over the use of "proportionality" as a measure of gender
equity in college sports: A57
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- Many female athletes at Brown University today want
better treatment, but they question the court decision's
stress on numbers of men's and women's team members: A58
- The woman who was the lead plaintiff in the gender-equity
lawsuit is now a teacher in Baltimore, but she still
cares deeply about the issues in the case: A60
OFF THE TEAM
A federal court has upheld the right of Northwestern University
to prevent a student with a heart condition from playing on its
varsity basketball team: A62
OPINION & LETTERS
THE CIVIC SCIENTIST
Researchers must break out of their intellectual isolation to
explain the relevance of their work to the American public,
writes Neal Lane, director of the National Science Foundation:
A84
ON THE JOB
Economists need to conduct more research to discern how the
stress of work affects mothers and their children, says Maria
Sagrario Floro, an assistant professor of economics at American
University: B4
THE PROS AND CONS OF TITLE IX
A federal appeals court's ruling in a case involving Brown
University has reverberated in academe.
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- The "proportionality" test used in the gender-bias suit
against Brown University reduces opportunities for both
men and women to participate in collegiate athletics,
says Stephen P. Erber, director of athletics at
Muhlenberg College and secretary of the National
Wrestling Coaches Association: B6
- The Brown ruling is a step in the right direction, but it
will be a hollow victory if colleges don't make a sincere
effort to increase opportunities for female athletes,
writes Donna Lopiano, executive director of the Women's
Sports Foundation: B7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
REBUILDING ANEW
In Phnom Penh, a group of students are banding together to
preserve the eclectic architecture of a Cambodian city ravaged
by the Pol Pot regime: B2
EMPTY THEATERS
Competition from new media and from Hollywood has reduced the
American public's interest in foreign films, writes Robert
Sklar, a professor of cinema at New York University: B8
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
James Corner, an associate professor of landscape architecture
at the University of Pennsylvania, and the photographer Alex
S. MacLean have collaborated to explore the vibrancy of the
American landscape: B96
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