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INTERNATIONAL
IN ITALY, A SHAKEUP AT UNIVERSITIES
The Minister of Public Education is pushing a controversial
plan to split up the country's largest and most crowded
universities: A45
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IN AUSTRALIA, A DROP IN APPLICATIONS
Universities are blaming the significant decline on big tuition
hikes in degree programs in engineering and the sciences: A47
- IN THE UNITED STATES, the University of Wisconsin at Madison
is leading a project to improve the quality of life in
developing nations: A45
- ALSO IN THE U.S., language experts endorse the value of
studying abroad in a new book on bilingualism: A45
- ALSO IN THE U.S., American University presented an honorary
degree to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy
activist who won a Nobel Peace Prize: A8
- IN BRITAIN, the University of Notre Dame has signed an
85-year lease on a building to house its expanding
study-abroad programs: A45
- ALSO IN BRITAIN, the University of Cambridge plans to double
its physical size over the next two decades: A47
- ALSO IN BRITAIN, for the first time, barrister training will
occur outside London: A48
- IN CROATIA, a branch of a philanthropic organization based
in the United States has been charged with tax evasion: A48
- IN MACEDONIA, the government will allow some university
classes to be taught in the language of the country's large
Albanian minority: A48
- IN THAILAND, the government has banned gay people from
teachers colleges. It says they are poor role models: A48
- IN VENEZUELA, more than 30,000 academics joined doctors in a
national strike over wages: A48
- IN THE WEST INDIES, a group of Hamilton College alumni
visited the birthplace of the college's namesake, Alexander
Hamilton, on the island of Nevis: A10
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
NATURAL LAW
Conservative intellectuals are debating the theory that some
moral imperatives supersede the rulings of courts. The conflict
is playing out in the pages of the journal First Things: A14
THE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES
The University of Nebraska Press, in a scholarly editing
project that may take more than 20 years, will publish the
complete surviving correspondence of the 19th-century American
novelist and essayist: A15
PHYSICS BREAKTHROUGH
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have
created a rudimentary atom laser, a device analogous to an
optical laser that emits a beam of atoms instead of light: A15
WEEDING OUT ERRORS
Journals that devote space to replications of previously
published research help insure that the results are reliable
and consistent, says Kenneth J. Meier, a professor of political
science at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: B7
- THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO has formed a council to examine
incivility in America: A12
- AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN scientists say they have identified
the gene that causes glaucoma: A16
- RESEARCHERS AT THE JOHN HOPKINS University medical school
say drinking alcohol is as much a risk factor for bicyclists
as it is for motorists: A16
- HOT TYPE: A16
- The winter issue of Daedalus examines the changes in
the scholarship of four disciplines in the social
sciences and humanities over the last 50 years.
- Random House has released a taped interview with the
best-selling novelist Anne Rice by Michael Riley, a
professor of film and literature at Claremont McKenna
College.
- 117 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A17-23
- Nota Bene: The Future of Academic Freedom, a collection
of essays edited by Louis Menand, a professor of English
at the Graduate Center of the City University of New
York. The book is published by the University of Chicago
Press.
THE FACULTY
A FUROR OVER "REFORM CALCULUS"
Controversy is growing over a decade-old curricular development
that critics say has left students without the mathematics
skills they need: A12
A WAY WITH WORDS
When Vince Passaro isn't fielding tough public-relations
questions for Adelphi University, he fills his time as a
critic, essayist, and short-story writer: A10
FINDING THE BEST PROFESSORS
If literature departments want a good mix of independent-minded
scholars, they should stop recruiting at the Modern Language
Association meeting, writes William C. Dowling, a professor of
English at Rutgers University: A60
BRIDGING THE TENURE DIVIDE
Academe needs to have choice and creativity in its employment
options, not conformity, says Richard Chait, a professor of
higher education at Harvard University. He urges critics and
defenders of tenure to moderate their rhetoric: B4
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET II
Organizers of a new high-speed network hope that it will start
within six months. Almost 100 colleges are already
participating: A25
DOMAIN NAMES
Managers of the Internet are poised to make changes in the
system of addresses that helps make on-line communication
work: A26
ON-LINE RESTRICTIONS UPHELD
A federal judge has ruled that the University of Oklahoma had
the right to deny access to sex-related material from the
campus's computer system: A27
TECHNO-SEDUCTION
An exhibition at the Cooper Union explores how artists embrace
computers and bring them into the human field of
consciousness: B84
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
TOUGH ADJUSTMENTS IN HAWAII
The state-university system is struggling to recover from a
15-per-cent cut in appropriations from the state and a
50-per-cent rise in tuition rates since 1995: A30
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- Educators had high hopes that a new law would safeguard
funds for Hawaii's university system, but those hopes
have been dashed: A31
SPENDING PUBLIC DOLLARS
Many state colleges in Arkansas use their money in unproductive
ways with unintended consequences, according to a study by the
state's Department of Higher Education: A32
CLOSURES IN ALABAMA?
Governor Fob James, Jr., has angered educators by saying that
the state should merge or shut down some of its public
colleges: A32
THE CLINTON PLAN
The President has proposed a 25-per-cent increase in spending
on Pell Grants. Among other things, the proposal would permit
the maximum award to rise to $3,000, a $300 increase: A34
CONGRESS REVIEWS STUDENT AID
Congress started the process of reauthorizing the Higher
Education Act on a peaceful note, but conflict over many
issues is likely: A35
SEED MONEY FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS
A grant program at the National Institute of Mental Health that
helps young researchers has received a mixed reception: A36
FALSE-CLAIMS RULING OVERTURNED
A federal appeals court has reversed a $1.6-million judgment
against the University of Alabama at Birmingham and four of its
scientists. The researchers were accused of stealing work by
another scholar and using it to apply for a federal grant: A37
A CHANGE AT THE NIH
The National Center for Human Genome Research has become a
full-fledged institute, but the development was not without
controversy: A38
- COLLEGE LEADERS HAVE FORMED a coalition to assist students
hurt by recent changes in welfare policies in the United
States: A30
- A FLORIDA STATE SENATOR urged the University of South
Florida to cancel a speech by the Olympic diving champion
Greg Louganis: A30
- A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT has ruled that commencement prayers
at public universities are constitutional: A33
- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of Pennsylvania State University has
approved a merger with the Dickinson School of Law: A33
- SENATOR JOHN GLENN has introduced legislation to protect
human subjects in scientific research: A38
- A NEW ORGANIZATION IS SEEKING the imposition of a 2-per-cent
tax on health-insurance premiums to finance medical teaching
and research: A38
- PRESIDENT CLINTON and former Presidents Ford, Carter, and
Bush will gather in April for a summit on volunteerism: A38
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
A SECRETIVE DONOR
More information is coming to light about the man who has given
colleges in the United States and abroad about $300-million in
anonymous gifts over the last decade: A39
A WAY WITH WORDS
When Vince Passaro isn't fielding tough public-relations
questions for Adelphi University, he fills his time as a
critic, essayist, and short-story writer: A10
- MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY has ended an unusual investment program
to stabilize its surrounding neighborhood. The university
said that the effort had met its goals: A39
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY has begun a grant-supported project to
build mother-daughter businesses: A39
- AN APPELLATE COURT in New York has rejected a bid by the
Adelphi University Board of Trustees to invalidate an effort
to oust them by the state's Board of Regents: A40
- AN INVESTIGATION by college bookstores into "dual
discounting" has prompted one publisher to alter a pricing
policy on textbooks that favored trade bookstores: A41
- RICHARD JEWELL, the security guard who discovered a bomb
near the Summer Olympic Games last year, has sued Piedmont
College for slander: A8
- ONE OF FIVE FIRES over the course of one week at the
University of Florida was ruled a case of arson: A8
STUDENTS
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS
Iowa State University saw the largest increase in the number of
the top students. It enrolled 154 last fall, 100 more than in
1995: A42
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- A FEDERAL JUDGE BARRED the University of South Florida from
disciplining a student for showing a lesbian videotape on
the campus: A8
- A FRATERNITY RITUAL involving Confederate uniforms and a
burning six-foot-high cross drew condemnation from the
chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln: A8
- COLUMBIA COLLEGE is encouraging its art students to
incorporate mathematics and science into their work: A8
ATHLETICS
ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS
Oregon State University has taken pride in the high graduation
rates of players on its varsity teams. Now it wants to win more
games: A43
- A STATE REPRESENTATIVE in Maine has failed in a bid to oust
Shawn Walsh, the University of Maine's men's ice-hockey
coach: A43
- A TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE has proposed legislation to protect
the secrecy of high-school and college team playbooks: A43
OPINION & LETTERS
FINDING THE BEST PROFESSORS
If literature departments want a good mix of independent-minded
scholars, they should stop recruiting at the Modern Language
Association meeting, writes William C. Dowling, a professor of
English at Rutgers University: A60
BRIDGING THE TENURE DIVIDE
Academe needs to have choice and creativity in its employment
options, not conformity, says Richard Chait, a professor of
higher education at Harvard University. He urges critics and
defenders of tenure to moderate their rhetoric: B4
THE WELL-EDUCATED REPORTER
Liberally educated journalists are essential to society, and
liberal-arts faculties should welcome the opportunity to
educate them, writes Bill Kirtz, a professor of journalism at
Northeastern University: B6
WEEDING OUT ERRORS
Journals that devote space to replications of previously
published research help insure that the results are reliable
and consistent, says Kenneth J. Meier, a professor of political
science at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: B7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
MAKING A LIVING
A craft-arts entrepreneurship program at Trinity College of
Vermont tries to teach students how to be solvent rather than
starving artists: B8
NOTES FROM ACADEME
Bob Hansman, an assistant professor of architecture at
Washington University, has organized an unusual art exhibit to
pay tribute to one of his former students, who touched many
lives before dying at 17: B2
TECHNO-SEDUCTION
An exhibition at the Cooper Union explores how artists embrace
computers and bring them into the human field of
consciousness: B84
- COLUMBIA COLLEGE is encouraging its art students to
incorporate mathematics and science into their work: A8
- THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO and an artist are battling over
the form of a sculpture commissioned for the campus: A10
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