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INTERNATIONAL
IN BOSNIA, ETHNIC DIVISIONS
Mostar's two universities are the result of Croats' purging
of Muslim faculty members who were once part of an integrated
institution: A33
IN YUGOSLAVIA, STUDENTS PROTEST
Demonstrators are demanding the removal of the rector of the
University of Belgrade. Meanwhile, the rector of the University
of Pristina has been hospitalized after a car-bomb attack: A34
IN HONG KONG, GROWING FEAR
Academics are concerned about a Chinese plan to repeal many of
the civil-liberties protections that were put in place under
the soon-to-end British rule: A35
IN THE UNITED STATES, NEW GRANTS
The National Security Education Program has announced a new
round of grants to colleges and universities: A35
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
WHAT'S NEW IN THE NORTON
A revised anthology of the works of William Shakespeare
reflects a generation of scholarship about what the Bard did
and did not write: A11
MAY THE BEST BARD WIN
Despite reports that colleges are de-emphasizing Shakespeare,
an avalanche of competing editions of his works is descending
upon the publishing market, writes James Shapiro, a professor
of English and comparative literature at Columbia University:
B6
SEEKING A MORATORIUM
A number of aging atomic scientists are calling on their
colleagues to stop research on new weapons of mass
destruction: A14
THE STORY OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
Claude Clegg, a historian at North Carolina A&T State
University, has written a new book about the controversial
black leader, his role in history, and his personal failings:
A7
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Frederica, Lady Rose, an expatriate Englishwoman, uses her
interest in Napoleon to examine the blood-steeped fatalism and
the folk practices of Corsican culture: B2
- SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY has acquired a filmmaker's materials on
Albert Schweitzer: A8
- SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND in Ethiopia the earliest-known stone
tools made by human ancestors: A15
- AN ECONOMIST IS QUESTIONING the notion that there is great
mobility between generations in the United States: A15
- A NEW STUDY HAS SHED light on the structure of an electron's
charge: A15
- THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA has purchased a letter written by
Abraham Lincoln from a great-nephew of the Confederacy's
vice-president: A6
- A BEETLE LONG MISIDENTIFIED has been discovered -- and
properly identified -- by a Cornell University professor and
a graduate student: A6
- HOT TYPE: A16
- Plans to publish J.D. Salinger's first book in 34 years
are now "tentative."
- Two new articles focus on the cover art created for The
Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell and J.C.
Leyendecker.
- A former senior editor has dropped a lawsuit against the
University of Minnesota Press, which he alleged had
sexually harassed him and been racially discriminatory.
- 87 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A16-18
- 600 SCHOLARS have received Fulbright awards for study in the
United States; all of them are listed in this issue of The
Chronicle: A37-43
THE FACULTY
AN UPSWING IN THE JOB MARKET
Universities appear to be conducting more faculty searches,
and doctoral students seem to be securing more job interviews,
than they did earlier in the 1990s: A8
THE NEW ACCOUNTING
Faculty members are using teaching exercises that emphasize
analytic and investigative skills rather than the rote
memorization of financial rules: A10
DISPUTE OVER HIRING
English professors at the University of Pennsylvania say that
a decision not to appoint a senior scholar threatens the
department's autonomy: A10
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
OFF THE AIR
The unexpected failure of an AT&T satellite has wreaked havoc
at the colleges and universities that used it in their
distance-education programs: A19
A NEW POSITION
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a brief with the Supreme
Court arguing that a law restricting indecency on the Internet
is needed to promote education and access to the network: A19
NINTENDO'S NEW GENERATION
A four-year college in Seattle will soon be awarding bachelor's
degrees in video-game design: A20
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
REPUBLICAN PROPOSALS
Senate leaders have outlined a series of bills that would help
families pay college costs, largely through tax breaks: A23
ETHICAL QUANDARIES
Federal officials are hearing many complaints about their
efforts to provide guidance on research involving the
transplant of animal organs and tissues into human beings: A24
SHIFT IN PRIORITIES
Scholars fear that a new policy of the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission will endanger efforts to
publish the papers of key figures: A25
DISAGREEMENT IN TEXAS
The University of Houston says it will continue to offer
scholarships based on race, despite advice from the state
Attorney General that the awards are illegal: A26
- DICK MORRIS takes credit in his new book for the tax breaks
on tuition that President Clinton has proposed: A23
- SENATOR CONNIE MACK'S resolution to double funds for the
National Institutes of Health over five years has been
deemed unrealistic: A23
- THE SUPREME COURT has asked the Justice Department to file a
brief in an affirmative-action case that the Court is
considering whether to hear. The outcome could have a huge
impact on higher education: A26
- HIGH DEFAULT RATES on federal student loans are endangering
the eligibility of 22 historically black colleges for the
loan programs: A26
- THE OWNER OF A TRADE-SCHOOL CHAIN has been indicted for
defrauding the Education Department of more than $1-million
in student-loan money: A26
- A SON OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., has formed a national
coalition to defend affirmative action: A26
- PRESIDENT CLINTON'S inaugural address hailed the Internet
and universal access to education: A26
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
THE BULL MARKET
Many endowments have enjoyed record gains in recent years, but
they have been guided by different philosophies about where to
invest. Here are three universities' stories: A29
- Colleges rely on differing formulas to decide how much of
their endowment earnings may be spent each year: A30
QUIET GENEROSITY
A businessman who anonymously gave away hundreds of millions of
dollars to colleges and other non-profit institutions has
revealed his identity: A31
NATIONAL-SECURITY GRANTS
The National Security Education Program has announced a new
round of grants to colleges and universities: A35
- THE OWNER of the Orlando Magic basketball team has given
$3-million to Lee College: A29
- SCHOLARS ARE TRYING to influence the investment policy of
the pension fund for most people in higher education: A29
STUDENTS
CREATIVITY VS. ACADEMICS
Art schools that have based their admissions decisions
primarily on students' portfolios are now putting more
emphasis on grades and standardized-test scores: A27
IMPACT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
A new study says that, without the use of preferences in
admissions, minority enrollment in law schools would plummet:
A28
- ALMA COLLEGE'S PRESIDENT is urging a boycott of the college
rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report: A27
- A PAGAN GROUP has received official recognition from the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: A27
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS rallied recently in support of
higher minority enrollments: A6
- NORWICH UNIVERSITY has been told to pay $2.2-million to an
ex-cadet who says he was hazed there in 1990: A6
- A SERIAL RAPIST is being sought by police for six rapes at
the Universities of Florida and Georgia: A7
- A BAGPIPER PERFORMED to bring good luck during a move to a
new law-school building at Washington University: A7
- WHAT THEY'RE READING on college campuses: a list of
best-selling books: A28
ATHLETICS
- COLGATE UNIVERSITY has raised its women's ice-hockey team to
varsity status to end a sex-bias lawsuit: A32
- FOUR MEN were charged in the widening gambling scandal at
Boston College: A32
OPINION & LETTERS
A NEW STATUS FOR ACADEME
As budgets tighten and government priorities shift, higher
education must learn to function as a mature industry, writes
Arthur Levine, president of the Teachers College at Columbia
University: A48
THE TROUBLE WITH V-CHIP RATINGS
Parents need specific information about the amount of violence,
sex, and adult language in television programs to choose which
shows their children should watch, says Dale Kunkel, a
professor of communications at the University of California at
Santa Barbara: B4
MAY THE BEST BARD WIN
Despite reports that colleges are de-emphasizing Shakespeare,
an avalanche of competing editions of his works is descending
upon the publishing market, writes James Shapiro, a professor
of English and comparative literature at Columbia University:
B6
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
THE MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC
Richard Aquila, a history professor at Ball State University,
uses his radio show to examine the cultural and social
significance of rock 'n' roll: B7
PICTORIAL NARRATIVES
An exhibition of ledger drawings documents the drastic
cultural changes that occurred when American Indians came
into contact with white civilization: B8
INVENTING REALITY
A new book by a professor at Temple University examines how
John Moore's paintings intensify the experience of the
everyday: B76
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