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THE FACULTY
ORGANIZING PRIVATE-COLLEGE FACULTIES
A decision by the National Labor Relations Board may signal a
new willingness to authorize unionization drives: A14
'THE WORST OF TIMES' FOR JOB SEEKERS
At its annual meeting, the Modern Language Association urged
departments that cannot place Ph.D.'s in tenure-track positions
to reduce the size of their graduate programs: A15
A SHIFT IN ACADEMIC PRIORITIES
A new survey suggests that teaching is longer getting short
shrift at research universities: A16
EDUCATION ON THE RESERVATION
Paul Robertson, an instructor at Oglala Lakota College, gets
firsthand experience for his course on "social policies and
problems": B2
ENDURING ELITISM
The monocultural perspective of American music education may be
the last bastion of colonialism in this hemisphere, writes
Sammie Ann Wicks, founder and director of Borders Music Project
Group, which sponsors educational and arts projects on the
Texas-Mexico border: A72
- THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE for new mathematics Ph.D.'s has
dropped, according to a survey by three associations in the
field: A14
- A NEW DOCUMENTARY VIDEO will give an inside look at the
lives of several prominent minority scholars: A14
- A FORMER PROFESSOR at Columbia University will get a chance
to argue his reverse-discrimination lawsuit against the
institution: A16
- THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA at Fairbanks has been ordered to
reinstate an untenured professor who was dismissed in 1996,
after her position was eliminated: A16
- THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN at Madison is working to create
a $200-million endowment that will finance fellowships for
up to 400 graduate students: A16
- A FORMER PSYCHIATRY PROFESSOR at the Medical College of
Georgia has pleaded guilty to diverting millions of dollars
in research funds into private companies he controlled: A12
- A DESIGN PROFESSOR at Kean University is marketing jigsaw
puzzles that accompany short mysteries he has written: A12
- PEER REVIEW: A62
- Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, a top business professor, lost an
appointment at the Georgia Institute of Technology and
his current job at Emory University amid charges of
vandalism.
- A clash of wills has prompted star journalism professor
to quit his job at Southern Methodist University.
- Moving on.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
'LIVING IN THE HYPHEN'
Amherst College's Ilan Stavans is winning acclaim for his work
on Latino culture and language, the subject of a new journal he
is editing: A17
BUILDING A COMPUTER WITH BRAIN CELLS
Scientists are beginning to develop machines that would be
based on living neurons, not silicon chips: A18
AN ARCHIVE ON THE AMISTAD
The film maker Steven Spielberg turned to Tulane University's
Clifton H. Johnson and his research institute for key
information on the history behind the events depicted in the
acclaimed movie: A12
CURRENT HISTORY
Fifteen leading scholars describe the research projects they
are working on now: B6
RESEARCH ON RACKET
Hillel Schwartz, an independent scholar, is preparing a history
of American notions of noise: B8
- ELECTRIC BLANKETS may trigger spontaneous abortions, says a
team of epidemiologists in Connecticut: A20
- STEPCHILDREN WILL GAIN importance as caregivers to their
elderly parents as the divorce-prone baby-boom generation
ages, researchers say: A20
- TAXOL, AN ANTI-CANCER DRUG, may slow damage caused by
Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers: A20
- BULLFROGS CROAK through their ears, not their vocal sacs,
according to an article in the Journal of Comparative
Physiology: A20
- THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE of Technology and the Quaker
Oats Company have settled a $1.85-million federal lawsuit
over an experiment in which radioactive oatmeal was fed to
boys at a state institution in the 1940s and 1950s: A10
- HOT TYPE: A20
- Members of a panel at the Modern Language Association's
annual meeting said oui to Le Divorce, but found
Cold Mountain lacking.
- Joseph Epstein, the longtime editor of The American
Scholar, took some parting shots in his final issue
at the journal's helm.
- 90 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A22-26
- Nota Bene: Pleasure Wars, by Peter Gay, a
professor emeritus of history at Yale University. The
book is published by W.W. Norton.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
'SYNTHETIC INTERVIEW'
A multimedia data base at Carnegie Mellon University allows
people to converse (sort of) with Albert Einstein. See how it
works with two video clips: A27
CLOSING A COPYRIGHT LOOPHOLE
President Clinton signed a bill into law that makes it possible
to prosecute people who duplicate on-line material, even if
they don't profit from their actions: A28
- A World-Wide Web site developed by George Washington
University graduate students helps educators understand
copyright law: A29
PUTTING 'SPAM' TO GOOD USE
A group of scholars hopes to turn unwanted e-mail into a tool
for learning about on-line communication and the culture of the
Internet: A29
BUILDING A COMPUTER WITH BRAIN CELLS
Scientists are beginning to develop machines that would be
based on living neurons, not silicon chips: A18
- THE MERGER of the two largest groups dedicated to
information technology in academe will go forward. CAUSE
last month joined EDUCOM in approving the union: A27
- PUMPKIN WATCHERS at Cornell University have a clear view on
line, but no clear answers: A27
- CHINESE OFFICIALS have toughened rules controlling people's
access to the Internet, warning that state secrets and
"harmful" information were being disclosed on line: A61
- 8 SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, 7 new videos related to information
technology, and 10 other Internet resources: A30
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
THE LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK FOR 1998
Many public colleges are seeking big increases in state
support, stressing needs in technology, deferred maintenance,
or job training: A33
LEGAL AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, the largest hospital chain
in the United States, has stopped acquiring university medical
centers: A34
THE BENEFITS OF HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS
Some private colleges say they will include the new federal
assistance in their calculations of family income, thereby
cutting the financial aid they have to provide to students: A48
CIGARETTE MONEY
A Congressional panel released thousands of pages of documents
that detail a long campaign by the tobacco industry to
influence scientific research on the dangers of smoking: A49
LEGAL BATTLE OVER AN ALLEGED RAPE
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a
former student can sue Virginia Tech and two former football
players under two federal laws: A50
- PRESIDENT CLINTON has nominated William J. Ivey, director of
the Country Music Foundation, as the new chairman of the
National Endowment for the Arts: A33
- A STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK report has absolved the
president of its New Paltz campus of criticism for his
defense of a controversial conference on sexuality: A33
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY'S chancellor has resigned amid
complaints that he improperly awarded scholarships to
unqualified students: A47
- MONTANA'S SUPREME COURT has ruled that neither state law nor
the state Constitution bars Montana State University from
renting out its facilities and thereby competing with local
businesses: A47
- A WHITE STUDENT has filed a reverse-discrimination lawsuit
against the National Science Foundation over its Minority
Graduate Research Fellowship Program: A50
- THE U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT has adopted new rules for
processing and evaluating grant applications in the wake of
a blind scholar's complaint that the old rules unfairly
denied him consideration: A50
- A REPORT HAS RECOMMENDED that federal and state governments
take a series of steps to broaden access to higher education
for disadvantaged students: A50
- THE KU KLUX KLAN has sued the University of Missouri System
because the radio station on its St. Louis campus refused to
air the white-supremacist group's slogan: A10
- NEW FEDERAL REGULATORY ACTIONS: A51
- NEW APPOINTMENTS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: A51
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
SEEKING GIFTS FROM OLDER WOMEN
Fund raisers must use different strategies and consider
important ethical questions when asking members of this group
for money: A52
RAISING FUNDS BY SELLING INSURANCE
Roger Williams University has created its own insurance agency,
which it hopes will contribute $500,000 annually for financial
aid: A53
STUDENTS
HELPING APPALACHIAN STUDENTS
Alice Lloyd College provides generous scholarships to students
from low-income families, but they are required to work, and
they are barred from partaking of alcohol or sex: A55
LAWSUIT OVER MEDICAL TRAINING
A Connecticut jury awarded $12.2-million to a former intern at
Yale University's medical school who contracted the AIDS virus
when she was accidentally stuck with a needle: A56
LEGAL BATTLE OVER AN ALLEGED RAPE
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a
former student can sue Virginia Tech and two former football
players under two federal laws: A50
- A STUDY SHOWS that officers of fraternities and sororities
are more likely to drink in binges than regular members: A55
- THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS applying to selective colleges
through early-decision programs continues to rise: A55
- BROWN UNIVERSITY has settled a lawsuit filed by a male
student accused of date rape, and the student and his
accuser have resolved their differences. The accused rapist
has been absolved of the crime: A10
- TWIN SIBERIAN TIGER CUBS visited DePaul University for the
annual open house of the university's Exotic Cat Management
Program: A12
- WHAT THEY'RE READING on college campuses: a list of
best-selling books: A56
ATHLETICS
QUESTIONING ALCOHOL PROMOTIONS
Some universities are reconsidering the marketing relationships
their athletics programs have forged with beer companies: A57
PROBING DEATHS OF THREE WRESTLERS
The National Collegiate Athletic Association and two federal
agencies are investigating what led to the deaths of three
athletes who were trying to lose weight for competitions: A58
- A SCHOLAR DISPUTES the meaning of college-football rankings:
A57
- A UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH football player was benched for
missing practices in order to go to class: A57
- THE U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT says that it has not stiffened
its rules for compliance with Title IX, in contrast to what
officials of several universities said they had been led to
believe: A58
- THE NEW ENGLAND Small College Athletic Conference is still
debating whether to allow postseason play: A58
- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY'S new mascot is bilingual: the
institution's new bear logo has been printed in both English
and Spanish: A10
INTERNATIONAL
DISAPPOINTMENT IN SERBIA
Even though many demands of last year's student protesters were
met, critics of the government say little has really changed:
A59
LABOR DRIVE IN AUSTRALIA
Despite government hostility, a union is seeking to organize
most university employees by 2000: A60
FALLOUT FROM ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS
Many South Korean students in the United States might have
difficulty paying for college because of the collapse of their
country's currency. American colleges are trying to help them:
A61
- GERMANY PLANS TO EASE laws governing foreign students: A59
- THE EDITOR of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's alumni
magazine says the publication was censored by university
officials: A59
- CHINESE OFFICIALS have toughened rules controlling people's
access to the Internet, warning that state secrets and
"harmful" information were being disclosed on line: A61
- THE PRESIDENT of Canada's Simon Fraser University has
resigned amid criticism of his handling of sexual-harassment
investigations: A61
OPINION & LETTERS
ENDURING ELITISM
The monocultural perspective of American music education may be
the last bastion of colonialism in this hemisphere, writes
Sammie Ann Wicks, founder and director of Borders Music Project
Group, which sponsors educational and arts projects on the
Texas-Mexico border: A72
A TRIPARTITE TAXONOMY
We need a new classification system for colleges and
universities, one better attuned to the realities of the
academic marketplace, writes Chester E. Finn, Jr., John M. Olin
Fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former Assistant U.S.
Secretary of Education: B4
CURRENT HISTORY
Fifteen leading scholars describe the research projects they
are working on now: B6
RESEARCH ON RACKET
Hillel Schwartz, an independent scholar, is preparing a history
of American notions of noise: B8
WHAT IS REALITY?
The computer-aided manipulation of photographs could have
far-reaching consequences for scholarship and for thought
itself, writes Mitchell Stevens, a professor of journalism and
mass communication at New York University: B9
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
PAINTING ANGELIC VOICES
The exhibition "Stanley Spencer: An English Vision" presents
the work of the British artist who found the miraculous in
domestic events: B156
A HIGHER-EDUCATION GAZETTE: PAGES A46-51
"BULLETIN BOARD": 144 PAGES OF JOB OPENINGS
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Copyright (c) 1998 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc.
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