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INTERNATIONAL
A FEW GOOD PROFESSORS
The University of Maryland, which educates
20,000 students at U.S. military installations around the
world, is the largest provider of college courses to the armed
forces: A55
- IN AFGHANISTAN, Kabul University reopened its doors but
shut out women: A55
- IN ISRAEL, a technology institute has established academic
ties with the New Jersey Institute of Technology: A55
- IN SERBIA, University of Belgrade students appear to have
forced the institution's rector to step down: A56
- IN THE PHILIPPINES, the number of hepatitis victims at the
University of Santo Tomas continues to grow: A56
- IN CANADA, York University has been criticized for
soliciting corporate sponsorship of its on-line courses: A56
- IN ZAMBIA, the national university was shut down after five
days of student riots: A56
- IN ALGERIA, three suspected guerrillas in hiding at the
University of Science and Technology at Bab Ezzouar were
killed: A56
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
THE CULTURAL FRONT
A new book by Yale University's Michael Denning argues for a
reinterpretation of the art and ideas of the 1930s: A17
RESEARCH AT THE SOUTH POLE
A panel of experts from academe and industry has backed
President Clinton's plan to build a new station for
scientists: A18
ON THE ROAD
Richard Francaviglia, a historical geographer at the University
of Texas at Arlington, explores the enduring archetype of Main
Street U.S.A.: B8
- THE AMERICAN DIALECT SOCIETY has announced the winner of its
1996 "Word of the Year" prize: A14
- A SCHOLAR AT THE UNIVERSITY of Kansas says he has discovered
a lost gospel of Jesus: A19
- TWO STUDIES OF A METEORITE from Mars indicate that the
climate on the planet once could have supported life: A19
- GENETICISTS AT THE WASHINGTON University medical school have
completed a high-resolution map of the X chromosome: A19
- A STUDY HAS FOUND that physicians' rate of divorce is linked
to their areas of specialty: A19
- AN ADMINISTRATOR at the University of Dayton has helped to
write a new book on vintage Epiphone guitars: A12
- HOT TYPE: A20
- Ken Wissoker, who helped make a name for Duke University
Press in cultural studies, is its new editor-in-chief.
- Duke University Press has begun a new book series on
working-class history. The first volume is Ready-to-Wear
and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants
in Paris and New York, by Nancy L. Green, a professor of
history at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales.
- Little, Brown is publishing Make Love Not War, a
revised dissertation on the history of the sexual
revolution by David Allyn, a lecturer in history at
Princeton University.
- 90 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A22-26
THE FACULTY
A NEW APPROACH TO GRADUATE EDUCATION
Washington University has reduced the size of its Ph.D.
programs, and students who are admitted receive full financial
support for six years: A14
BEYOND THE 3 R'S, 2 MORE
A professor at the State University of New York College at
Cortland has become a leading force in a movement to teach
young people respect and responsibility: A16
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ARE APPLES GOOD FOR YOU?
Some colleges are getting rid of their Macintosh computers
because of continuing turmoil at the company that makes them,
but many people in academe remain fiercely loyal: A29
FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENTS (U.S.A.)
NEW TESTS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Two recent lawsuits -- one in Georgia and one in Washington
State -- may clarify what types of the programs colleges may
legally maintain: A34
TRUSTEES AS ACTIVISTS
Trustees of Virginia colleges were urged at a recent conference
to aggressively question the academic and financial priorities
of the institutions they oversee: A35
OPEN SEASON ON SMALL COLLEGES?
A number of North Dakota institutions fear a proposal to drop
specific references to them in the state's constitution, a
change they say could lead to their elimination: A36
MEDICAL-EDUCATION PLAN UNDER ATTACK
Members of Congress are questioning a program under which
teaching hospitals in New York will be paid to cut the number
of residents they train: A38
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
LOOKING BEYOND WALL STREET
Some colleges are investing more of their endowments overseas
-- despite the ethical issues raised by holding stock in
foreign companies: A41
FIGHT OVER ACCREDITATION
A federal court has rejected a lawsuit by the Massachusetts
School of Law against the American Bar Association and the
Association of American Law Schools: A42
- SOME UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI alumni are playing dead to
avoid the institution's solicitations for money: A41
- FINANCIAL EXPERTS at KPMG Peat Marwick foresee tough times
for universities: A41
- ADELPHI UNIVERSITY'S former president, Peter Diamandopoulos,
wants to remain there as a tenured professor at $270,000 a
year: A43
- ST. MARY'S COLLEGE in North Carolina will shut down its
junior-college program and continue as a high school for
girls: A43
- FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE at Jacksonville has failed in a
second attempt to hire a new president: A43
STUDENTS
CAMPUS CRIME IN 1995
An annual survey by The Chronicle has found that 6,797 drug
arrests were made in 1995 at four-year colleges with
enrollments of at least 5,000, an increase of nearly 18 per
cent over the 1994 figure: A44
CALCULATING G.P.A.'S
Faculty members at Duke University have rejected a disputed
proposal that was designed to combat grade inflation: A53
PACIFIC NAVIGATORS
A course offered jointly by the University of Hawaii at Manoa
and Windward Community College teaches students the sailing
techniques of the early Polynesian explorers: A12
NOTES FROM ACADEME
A Pitzer College senior lives in, manages, and helps restore
the furnishings of a 1902 bungalow built in the arts-and-crafts
style: B2
ATHLETICS
POINT-SHAVING ALLEGATIONS
Federal investigators are examining possible incidents that
involved Arizona State University and California State
University at Fresno: A54
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY sidelined its men's-basketball team
when it discovered that two players were academically
ineligible: A54
- COMPUTER HACKERS PUT racial slurs on the National
Collegiate Athletic Association's World-Wide Web site on
"Selection Sunday" for its basketball tournaments: A54
OPINION & LETTERS
SHORTSIGHTED POLICIES
Welfare reform is jeopardizing the college careers of many
students, denying them the credentials they need to break out
of poverty, says W. Ann Reynolds, chancellor of the City
University of New York: A68
NO MARGIN FOR ERROR
Artists and their students must understand how images of nudity
can land them in legal difficulty, argues Jeffrey Abt, an
associate professor of art at Wayne State University: B4
ALL THE NEWS
Writers must tread carefully when they blend print journalism
with on-line reporting, writes Tom Rosenstiel, director of
the Project for Excellence in Journalism: B6
A NEW AGE FOR ACADEME
Universities have much to gain as the "baby boom" generation
grows older and heads toward retirement, says Stephen Joel
Trachtenberg, president of the George Washington University: B7
ON THE ROAD
Richard Francaviglia, a historical geographer at the University
of Texas at Arlington, explores the enduring archetype of Main
Street U.S.A.: B8
BY THE NUMBERS
To make more time in every day, the duration of the minute
should be shortened by 1.1 per cent, say Lawrence Douglas and
Alexander George, both of Amherst College: B11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
NO MARGIN FOR ERROR
Artists and their students must understand how images of nudity
can land them in legal difficulty, argues Jeffrey Abt, an
associate professor of art at Wayne State University: B4
NOTES FROM ACADEME
A Pitzer College senior lives in, manages, and helps restore
the furnishings of a 1902 bungalow built in the arts-and-crafts
style: B2
LOCAL ESSENCE
An exhibition of paintings from 1930 to 1946 explores the rise
of the Regionalist movement in the United States: B76
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