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THE FACULTY
LEARNING AND WORKING TOGETHER
Joint training, a collaborative effort of medical and nursing
schools intended to better educate doctors and nurses, is being
tried nationwide, but some members of the medical profession
don't think it can work: A10
TRANSFORMATION AT BLUEFIELD STATE
Critics say that the historically black college, which is now
92-per-cent white, is trying to eradicate its traditions: A12
"THE SPY CLASS"
Sam Wilson, president of Hampden-Sydney College, shares his
career in intelligence gathering with a select group of
students at the all-male institution: A9
THE DEGRADATION OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Intellectual criteria for determining what kinds of expression
should be defended have been replaced with non-intellectual
criteria, writes Bradford P. Wilson, executive director and
acting president of the National Association of Scholars: A52
WHITE KNUCKLES
Anxiety, confusion, and paper pushing indicate that the
academic job market is in full swing, writes Michael Berube, a
professor of English at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign: B7
- THE FULL NATIONAL LABOR Relations Board will finally decide
whether Yale University's graduate students are employees:
A10
- THE AMERICAN FEDERATION of Teachers has kicked off a
public-education campaign on problems in higher education:
A10
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY has settled a two-year-old contract
dispute with its faculty and teaching assistants: A12
- A DRAMA PROFESSOR at Arizona State University claims he was
run out of the institution by "feminists": A12
- A PROFESSOR OF ORGANIC chemistry at Union College in New
York spends some of his leisure time dressed in armor and
calling himself "Sir Hrothgar of Farley": A8
- PURDUE UNIVERSITY has begun a program to bring authors and
illustrators of children's books into local classrooms: A9
- PEER REVIEW: A46
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
"THE CULTURE OF THE GOTHIC"
Mark Edmundson, a professor of English at the University of
Virginia, writes about slasher films and the lack of emotion he
sees in his students: A13
PARTHENOGENETIC SNAKES
Several researchers have reported incidents of "virgin births"
in snakes, but not all of their colleagues think the evidence
is conclusive: A14
FIGHTING BREAST CANCER
A Defense Department research program, created and sustained by
Congressional earmarks, is winning the respect of many
scientists: A29
LA COSA NOSTRA
A small but growing number of Sicilian academics are focusing
on the Mafia and its role in a struggle for the island's body
and soul: B2
- SCIENTIFIC LEADERS from the United States and Europe have
signed an agreement to collaborate on the construction of
the Large Hadron Collider, in Switzerland: A10
- FIVE INDEPENDENT STUDIES dispute the idea that comets are
disintegrating in the earth's upper atmosphere daily: A16
- RESEARCHERS from Carnegie Mellon University next month will
test components for a robot that may allow them to search
for meteorites in Antarctica from afar: A16
- HOT TYPE: A16
- Several publishers are hoping to profit from the buzz
surrounding Amistad, Steven Spielberg's new movie about
a slave uprising.
- The Association of Literary Scholars and Critics has
hired Sarah Spence, a professor of classics at the
University of Georgia, as editor of its planned journal.
- 92 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A17-21
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ON-LINE DIPLOMA MILLS?
Educators say that students should be wary of unscrupulous
institutions that market themselves on the World-Wide Web as
legitimate providers of distance education: A22
PAYING FOR TECHNOLOGY
Student and faculty groups are raising questions about a
proposed deal between the California State University System
and four large companies: A24
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
WHAT WENT WRONG?
The federal commission examining the cost of attending college
has not finished its work, but already groups are questioning
whether the panel was destined to fail: A28
FIGHTING BREAST CANCER
A Defense Department research program, created and sustained by
Congressional earmarks, is winning the respect of many
scientists: A29
QUESTIONING SALLIE MAE'S MOTIVES
Many colleges are angry over the company's abrupt decision to
stop permitting borrowers to consolidate their loans: A31
DISPUTE OVER DISCIPLINARY RECORDS
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Miami
University, which had been ordered to release the information
by the Ohio Supreme Court: A32
A TROUBLED SYSTEM
Leaders of California's community colleges say their
governance structure hinders their ability to confront
important problems: A33
TRANSFORMATION AT BLUEFIELD STATE
Critics say that the historically black college, which is now
92-per-cent white, is trying to eradicate its traditions: A12
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Many colleges rely on consultants to play integral roles in
their capital campaigns. But some say that outside help is
unnecessary, and possibly counterproductive: A35
OPEN TO ALL
A Stanford University research institute is ending its de facto
exclusion of Asian companies from participation, a policy
designed to protect American computer companies from foreign
competition: A38
SUPPORT FOR CANCER RESEARCH
The University of Pennsylvania has received a pledge of
$100-million from the Abramson Family Foundation: A38
PAYING FOR TECHNOLOGY
Student and faculty groups are raising questions about a
proposed deal between the California State University System
and four large companies: A24
- THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA has received an unusual gift --
17 patents potentially worth more than $7-million: A35
- LATTIE F. COOR, president of Arizona State University, was
all in a whirl as he announced the start of a $300-million
capital campaign: A35
- THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT at the University of California at
Los Angeles has rejected the Turkish government's offer to
establish an endowed chair in Ottoman studies: A39
- THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA and its former chief of surgery
have settled out of court a lawsuit over the death of a
2-year-old who was given an experimental drug: A39
- THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION of Colleges and Schools, the major
accrediting body in the South, has removed Liberty
University from probation: A8
- SIMON'S ROCK COLLEGE and its parent institution, Bard
College, have settled two lawsuits filed on behalf of two
victims of a shooting rampage in 1992: A8
- A STATE JUDGE has ordered Southeast Missouri State
University to pay $600,000 to a former employee who said he
was fired because he had AIDS: A9
- FOUNDATION GRANTS; gifts and bequests: A39
STUDENTS
FROM TRINIDAD TO MOREHOUSE
One of the leading historically black colleges in the United
States finds that the Caribbean nation is a good source of top
students: A41
CASE OF HAZING
An Alabama appeals court has paved the way for a former pledge
to bring a lawsuit against an Auburn University fraternity: A42
DISPUTE OVER DISCIPLINARY RECORDS
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Miami
University, which had been ordered to release the information
by the Ohio Supreme Court: A32
- BLUEFIELD COLLEGE, in southwestern Virginia, has cut tuition
by 24 per cent: A41
- NEW YORK UNIVERSITY has persuaded three international
lenders to make loans to foreign students from four Asian
countries: A41
- ONE STUDENT DIED and seven others were injured in a fire
that gutted part of a dormitory at Greenville College, in
Illinois: A8
- THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE at Orono is selling $25 gift
certificates for use toward tuition or other expenses: A8
- CABRINI COLLEGE students participated in events designed to
demonstrate what hungry and homeless people experience: A9
ATHLETICS
SHIFT ON TITLE IX
The U.S. Education Department apparently has toughened its
interpretation of the sex-discrimination law insofar as it
applies to awarding athletics scholarships: A40
SHAVING POINTS
Two former Arizona State University basketball players have
pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to fix games: A40
HARASSMENT CASE IN CANADA
A swimming coach at Simon Fraser University who was found
guilty of sexual harassment and fired has now been reinstated,
as questions have emerged about the fairness of the panel that
judged him: A43
INTERNATIONAL
HARASSMENT CASE IN CANADA
A swimming coach at Simon Fraser University who was found
guilty of sexual harassment and fired has now been reinstated,
as questions have emerged about the fairness of the panel that
judged him: A43
SHAKEUP IN NEW ZEALAND
The government is preparing to announce a plan that could give
colleges much more responsibility for their own financial
affairs: A44
FROM TRINIDAD TO MOREHOUSE
One of the leading historically black colleges in the United
States finds that the Caribbean nation is a good source of top
students: A41
TOWARD INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Although the challenges abroad are similar, American
institutions continue to ignore the experiences of other
countries, writes Madeleine F. Green, vice-president of the
American Council on Education: B6
- THE U.S. AGENCY for International Development will give
$28.3-million in grants to set up partnerships between
American colleges and developing countries: A43
- THE PRESIDENT of Albania has called on Roman Catholic
leaders to move quickly on a plan to open a university: A43
- WITH HELP from the University of Florida, a human-rights and
peace center has opened at Uganda's Makerere University: A43
- THE SENATE at Carleton University, in Ontario, has approved
plans to shut down several undergraduate and graduate
programs: A45
- GREEK STUDENTS rioted in Athens over education reforms
planned by the government: A45
- STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY of Kelaniya, in Sri Lanka, took a
university administrator hostage to protest a ruling on a
hazing incident: A45
- NEW YORK UNIVERSITY has persuaded three international
lenders to make loans to foreign students from four Asian
countries: A41
OPINION & LETTERS
THE DEGRADATION OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Intellectual criteria for determining what kinds of expression
should be defended have been replaced with non-intellectual
criteria, writes Bradford P. Wilson, executive director and
acting president of the National Association of Scholars: A52
NOT JUST "MIDDLEBROW"
The growing popularity of reading groups is a heartening sign
of the resilience of book culture in America, writes Mary
Cregan, a lecturer in English at Barnard College: B4
TOWARD INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Although the challenges abroad are similar, American
institutions continue to ignore the experiences of other
countries, writes Madeleine F. Green, vice-president of the
American Council on Education: B6
WHITE KNUCKLES
Anxiety, confusion, and paper pushing indicate that the
academic job market is in full swing, writes Michael Berube, a
professor of English at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign: B7
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
A BUDDING CONNOISSEUR
A Duke University student's collection of original prints by
M.C. Escher helps to tell the story of the artist's growth: B8
SUBLIME AND FUNKY BUDDHAS
Buddha Book: A Meeting of Images, by Frank Olinsky, of the
Parsons School of Design, includes traditional masterpieces and
works by contemporary artists: B96
A HIGHER-EDUCATION GAZETTE: PAGES A46-51
"BULLETIN BOARD": 82 PAGES OF JOB OPENINGS
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