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THE FACULTY
THE AFTERMATH OF TENURE DENIALS
In the year after such decisions, scholars struggle to find
jobs while teaching and doing research at the institutions that
have just rejected them: A12
PROFESSOR WITH A PAST
Florida A&M University has suspended a faculty member after
learning that she had moved from campus to campus in an
apparent effort to avoid facing a host of criminal charges: A13
FACULTY COMBAT IN BRITAIN
A history instructor at the University of Cambridge has filed
several lawsuits after being denied a promotion. She has blamed
the denial on sexism and an unfair process: A48
RISKS OF BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
A biotechnology professor at the University of Maryland at
College Park helps students understand the science and history
behind the conflict between the United Nations and Iraq: A10
WASHINGTON ROCKS
A former geology professor at the University of the District of
Columbia tells the stories of stones during his tours of the
nation's capital and nearby suburbs: B2
HAVE THE CULTURE WARS ENDED?
The Chronicle solicited commentary by Todd Gitlin, Gertrude
Himmelfarb, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Annette Kolodny, Lawrence W.
Levine, Nell Irvin Painter, and Ray Suarez: B4-8
- THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Scholars has learned a lesson in
semantics over a purchase order that it incorrectly called a
"grant" in a press release: A12
- LEADING FEMALE SCHOLARS in mathematics and science will meet
in New York next week to discuss academic policies and
practices that have helped or hindered their careers: A12
- THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA at Lincoln has suspended a
professor who is facing two lawsuits and many complaints
about his use of the campus computer network: A14
- PROFESSORS AT THE STATE University of New York at Stony
Brook have again advised one out of every eight finalists in
the Westinghouse Science Talent Search for high-school
students: A8
- PEER REVIEW: A50
- Allegheny College's dismissal of Robert C. Ulin, a
tenured member of the department of anthropology and
sociology, is "simply incomprehensible," say 14
internationally renowned anthropologists.
- Alvin P. Sanoff, managing editor of U.S. News & World
Report's college rankings for the past six years, has
left the magazine to take a job with a business that does
higher-education consulting.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
RISING RED TIDES
The number and economic and medical costs of invasions of toxic
algae are increasing along coastlines worldwide. Researchers
are trying to pin down the causes of the dangerous blooms: A15
UNDERSTANDING STALKING
The crime afflicts a surprising number of non-celebrities, and
researchers are finding patterns in who typically does it, how
it's done, and who the victims are likely to be: A17
HAVE THE CULTURE WARS ENDED?
The Chronicle solicited commentary by Todd Gitlin, Gertrude
Himmelfarb, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Annette Kolodny, Lawrence W.
Levine, Nell Irvin Painter, and Ray Suarez: B4-8
- RESEARCHERS USED a new, automated process to locate a gene
that has been linked to a disease that results in the
excessive production of insulin: A16
- MANY H.I.V.-INFECTED PEOPLE do not tell their partners they
have tested positive, according to a study of patients in
Providence, R.I., and Boston: A16
- ATTACKS BY INSECTS have been shown to strengthen plants'
defenses to future attacks by pests: A16
- HOT TYPE: A20
- The study of the American West is entering a new period
of maturity with In Search of the Racial Frontier:
African Americans in the American West, 1528-1990, by
Quintard Taylor, head of the University of Oregon's
history department.
- Younger scholars are starting to bring attention to
performance art, a field previously given short shrift by
art historians.
- 103 NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A21-24
- Nota Bene: Opera in History: From Monteverdi to Cage, by
Herbert Lindenberger, a professor of humanities in
comparative literature and English at Stanford
University. The book is published by Stanford University
Press.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
WEB-SITE TRACKING
The computer scientist Brewster Kahle created the Internet
Archive to preserve the entire content of the Internet. Using
that technology, he has now developed software that directs
users to World-Wide Web sites by following the on-line paths
that others have taken: A27
NEW TOOL FOR PHYSICIANS
A World-Wide Web site provides easy access to information on
antibiotic-resistant bacteria: A29
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
FIRST AMENDMENT CHALLENGES
More and more students are suing colleges over the required
payment of activity fees that go to groups with views the
students oppose: A32
FIGHT OVER INTEREST RATES
A new proposal from the Clinton Administration to cut costs for
student borrowers has drawn sharp opposition from lenders: A33
PAYING FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had
the right to recalculate its reimbursements to teaching
hospitals: A34
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
New federal tax breaks for students may hurt California's
higher-education system, a report says, unless the state raises
tuition at public institutions: A36
THE BURDEN OF REGULATIONS
Colleges face major costs in complying with the complex web of
federal and state rules, writes Terry W. Hartle, senior
vice-president for governmental relations and public affairs at
the American Council on Education: A60
- IN A LETTER TO COLLEGES, the Bank of America warns that if
it is forced to drop out of the guaranteed-loan program due
to interest-rate changes, it will no longer supply colleges
with pens, pencils, and other freebies: A32
- THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE says it will not appeal a court
ruling that protects revenue earned by colleges on the sale
of "affinity" cards: A32
- A TOP DEMOCRAT in Congress has introduced a bill that would
improve women's access to college, and would make colleges
more responsive to women's needs: A34
- THE CHAIRMAN of a House of Representatives panel on
education criticized President Clinton's plan to give states
$12-billion to hire 100,000 new schoolteachers: A34
- KANSAS LEGISLATORS have asked six state universities to
provide lists of courses that contain material on
homosexuality or bisexuality: A35
- FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES have seized records at East
Arkansas Community College as part of an investigation into
suspected padding of enrollment figures: A35
- THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA is considering a plan under
which the top 4 per cent of graduates in each of the state's
high schools would automatically qualify for admission: A37
- NEW FEDERAL REGULATORY ACTIONS: A38
- NEW APPOINTMENTS in the federal government: A38
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
BALANCING ACT
Leaders of the Jewish Theological Seminary, a New York
institution proud of its pluralistic tradition, are key players
in divisive debates in both Israel and the United States over
adherence to religious traditions: A39
ROMAN CATHOLIC IDENTITY
Georgetown University plans to place crucifixes in most of its
classrooms, resolving a campus debate over how a pluralistic
institution should demonstrate its religious affiliation: A44
STEEP INCREASES IN PHONE CHARGES
Not long after colleges were individually exempted from paying
into a fund to provide universal telecommunications service,
long-distance carriers are passing on their charges to
higher-education institutions: A41
PAYING FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had
the right to recalculate its reimbursements to teaching
hospitals: A34
THE BURDEN OF REGULATIONS
Colleges face major costs in complying with the complex web of
federal and state rules, writes Terry W. Hartle, senior
vice-president for governmental relations and public affairs at
the American Council on Education: A60
STUDENTS
HELPING THE MIDDLE CLASS
Many families have welcomed the recent liberalization of the
financial-aid policies of Princeton, Yale, and Stanford
Universities, but some experts say the trend will end up
hurting the neediest students: A43
ROMAN CATHOLIC IDENTITY
Georgetown University plans to place crucifixes in most of its
classrooms, resolving a campus debate over how a pluralistic
institution should demonstrate its religious affiliation: A44
FIRST AMENDMENT CHALLENGES
More and more students are suing colleges over the required
payment of activity fees that go to groups with views the
students oppose: A32
- U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT has admitted an error in its
law-school rankings that threw off the ratings for several
institutions: A43
- RESIDENTS OF OXFORD, OHIO, are objecting to signs hung by
Miami University students, who traditionally name their
houses: A43
- A LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY freshman was responsible for
his own death from alcohol poisoning last August, state
investigators have concluded: A8
ATHLETICS
HIRING DISPARITIES
The percentage of black coaches of big-time college basketball
and football teams lags far behind the percentage of black
athletes on those teams and the comparable percentage of
coaches in the professional leagues, a new report says: A45
- NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Athletic Association rules have kept
some members of the gold medal-winning U.S. women's hockey
team from appearing on the front of Wheaties boxes: A45
- A SHOOTING INCIDENT occurred after a late-night party during
a recruiting trip for the University of New Mexico
basketball team: A45
INTERNATIONAL
HELP FOR CANADIAN STUDENTS
The government has announced a budget that will provide
billions of dollars in the next four years for scholarships,
student-debt relief, and tax breaks on tuition: A47
FACULTY COMBAT IN BRITAIN
A history instructor at the University of Cambridge has filed
several lawsuits after being denied a promotion. She has blamed
the denial on sexism and an unfair process: A48
ENROLLING IN CHINA
Top education officials have announced far-reaching changes in
how foreign students apply to the country's universities: A49
VIOLATING STUDENT-VISA RULES?
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service is
investigating 26 foreigners in Minnesota, and has already moved
to deport 10 of them: A49
HONG KONG DIARY
Campus life appears to have stayed much the same since China
took control of the British colony, but subtle changes are
affecting universities, writes Gerard A. Postiglione, an
associate professor of education at the University of Hong
Kong: B10
- BURMA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT has hinted that it will reopen
universities that have been closed since 1996: A47
- ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY students rallied to protest bans on
beards and head coverings, part of a recent crackdown on
Islamic displays at the Turkish institution: A47
- THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S Wharton School has agreed
to help create a private business university in Singapore:
A47
OPINION & LETTERS
THE BURDEN OF REGULATIONS
Colleges face major costs in complying with the complex web of
federal and state rules, writes Terry W. Hartle, senior
vice-president for governmental relations and public affairs at
the American Council on Education: A60
HAVE THE CULTURE WARS ENDED?
The Chronicle solicited commentary by Todd Gitlin, Gertrude
Himmelfarb, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Annette Kolodny, Lawrence W.
Levine, Nell Irvin Painter, and Ray Suarez: B4-8
"REVOLTING BEHAVIOR"
A conference on women's sexual freedom was an irresponsible
exercise of academic freedom, writes Candace de Russy, a former
professor of language and literature and a member of the Board
of Trustees of the State University of New York: B9
HONG KONG DIARY
Campus life appears to have stayed much the same since China
took control of the British colony, but subtle changes are
affecting universities, writes Gerard A. Postiglione, an
associate professor of education at the University of Hong
Kong: B10
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
FAULKNER'S WORLD
The University Press of Mississippi and the Center for the
Study of Southern Culture have published the photographs of
Martin J. Dain: B96
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