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THE FACULTY
'ORGANIZING 101'
Leaders of the movement to unionize graduate teaching
assistants gathered recently to plot strategy for what they
expect to be a crucial year in their campaigns: A10
PROMINENT RESEARCHER FIRED
The president of the University of Arizona has dismissed
Marguerite M.B. Kay, an expert on human aging, for scientific
misconduct: A12
'THE RIVERS OF PARADISE'
The 76-year-old scholar David Noel Freedman, of the University
of California at San Diego, has completed a facsimile edition
of the Leningrad Codex, and is now working on another
religious-studies project -- an animated movie: A9
SAVING ALPINE VILLAGES
Scholars from the University of Bern are helping devise plans
to limit development so that the Swiss communities' special
qualities are preserved: B2
THE STORIES OF HISTORY
Most historians think of themselves as soft social scientists;
those interested in narrative face an uphill battle, says James
Goodman, an associate professor of history at Rutgers
University at Newark: B4
- A BUSINESS GROUP is marketing a "voluntary tenure-buyout"
plan that would allow professors to treat tenure as if it
were equity: A10
- FOREIGN INSTRUCTORS can get an introduction to the American
classroom in a new guidebook: A10
- THE SOUTH DAKOTA SUPREME COURT has blocked a law that would
have allowed the state's Board of Regents to award merit pay
to faculty members without collective bargaining: A12
- A FEDERAL COURT has struck down Texas policies that barred
faculty members and other state employees from serving as
expert witnesses against the state: A12
- A NURSING-HOME CHAIN has dropped an effort to reinstate a
defamation lawsuit against a Cornell University labor
researcher: A9
- A PROFESSOR at Austin Peay State University plans to raise
awareness of the decline of salmon in the Pacific Northwest
by placing 100,000 likenesses of the fish along riverbanks
where they spawn: A9
- PEER REVIEW: A41
- Princeton University has drawn fire for hiring a
controversial bioethicist who critics say has advocated
euthanasia for the elderly and disabled.
- A historian-turned-banker is returning to academe after
almost a decade.
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING
A NEW LOOK AT SLAVERY
In two major projects, Ira Berlin, a historian at the
University of Maryland at College Park, argues that the
"peculiar institution" was more diverse and less static than
people have believed: A13
- Remembering Slavery, a book-and-tape set published by the
New Press, will bring the voices and stories of former
slaves to life: A14
HOW EXERCISE HELPS
Scientists have rejected a long-standing theory of why physical
activity has a positive impact on mood, but they haven't agreed
on a new one to replace it: A15
PAYING BY THE ARTICLE
An experiment involving University of Michigan researchers and
the biggest publisher of scientific journals may portend
radical changes in the way university librarians provide their
patrons with journal articles: A21
- DOCUMENTS SHOW that the tobacco industry paid scientists to
write letters to the editor of medical journals disputing
the harmfulness of secondhand smoke: A16
- IN A SIMULATION of the atmosphere of 2050, trees have been
found to grow faster in a carbon-dioxide-rich environment:
A16
- VIGOROUS EXERCISE and educational programs can help children
who are obese or have high cholesterol, pediatricians have
found: A17
- THE MYSTERY of why left-handed amino acids predominate may
be solved, thanks to the work of astronomers: A17
- HOT TYPE: A16
- In a new book, Exotics at Home, the anthropologist
Micaela di Leonardo analyzes her "internally split"
field.
- Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature has devoted a
special issue to writing by or about women.
- NEW SCHOLARLY BOOKS, briefly described: A18-20
- Nota Bene: Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender,
Sexuality, and Women in the Military, by Melissa S.
Herbert, an assistant professor of sociology at Hamline
University. The book is published by New York University
Press.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PAYING BY THE ARTICLE
An experiment involving University of Michigan researchers and
the biggest publisher of scientific journals may portend
radical changes in the way university librarians provide their
patrons with journal articles: A21
'ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES'
The creators of a free Internet directory of more than 150,000
printed periodicals hope it becomes a resource for people
seeking journal articles: A22
BETTER COMMUNICATION
A University of Delaware student who is deaf and blind is
helping to design and build a portable electronic translator
for others like her: A22
CONNECTING THE UNIVERSITIES
Indiana University has been selected to run the nerve center of
Internet 2, the super-fast data network scheduled to open next
year: A23
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (U.S.)
A DESEGREGATION SUCCESS STORY
A new community college in Louisiana is expected to be more
racially diverse than any other institution in the state: A27
APPROPRIATIONS BILL DELAYED
Consideration of a fiscal-1999 spending measure for student aid
is being held up by divisions among Republicans in the House of
Representatives: A28
CURBING EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION
The Internal Revenue Service proposed rules to explain the
circumstances under which top officials at private colleges can
be fined for profiting improperly from their positions: A29
ACCESS TO HISTORICAL RECORDS
A provision in a defense bill now before Congress would undo
President Clinton's order automatically declassifying
government documents after 25 years: A29
STREAMLINING SERVICES
Congress approved compromise legislation to consolidate federal
programs for job training and adult education: A29
MONEY & MANAGEMENT
GOING TO THE EXPERTS
Many colleges have recruited successful Wall Street financiers
to serve as trustees and to help manage endowments: A31
- Stanley F. Druckenmiller, who manages billions of dollars
of other people's money, explains how he views his role
as a Bowdoin College trustee: A33
CURBING EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION
The Internal Revenue Service proposed rules to explain the
circumstances under which top officials at private colleges can
be fined for profiting improperly from their positions: A29
STUDENTS
RECRUITING SUCCESS
Working on the South Side of Chicago, Silas Purnell has helped
more than 40,000 black students enroll in college: A35
- NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY'S law school, fearing too few
applicants, took steps to draw more. Now it faces a surfeit
of students: A35
- THE CLOTHING RETAILER Abercrombie & Fitch pulled a "Drinking
101" article from a fall catalogue that was aimed at
students: A35
- A STUDENT from Ball State University was killed in a van
crash in Arizona, where she was taking part in a field
program: A8
ATHLETICS
A DEBATE OVER PRIORITIES
A group of faculty members, students, and alumni is opposing
efforts at Rutgers University to achieve success in big-time
college sports: A37
HOW EXERCISE HELPS
Scientists have rejected a long-standing theory of why physical
activity has a positive impact on mood, but they haven't agreed
on a new one to replace it: A15
- BEGINNING THIS MONTH, the National Collegiate Athletic
Association is allowing athletes to work for pay during
their seasons: A37
- A PLAN TO TELECAST the University of Michigan football
team's first game this fall, on the road, at its home field
was scrapped: A37
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY was put on probation for four years by
the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and will
suffer other penalties, for 18 rules violations and the use
of 76 ineligible players: A38
- GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, cited for a lack of control over its
athletics program and other problems, was also put on
four years' probation by the N.C.A.A.: A38
INTERNATIONAL
A YEAR IN BERLIN
The city's Institute for Advanced Study provides a scholarly
home for 40 researchers from around the world in a range of
disciplines: A39
SAVING ALPINE VILLAGES
Scholars from the University of Bern are helping devise plans
to limit development so that the Swiss communities' special
qualities are preserved: B2
- ETHIOPIA IS HOLDING CAPTIVE 85 Eritrean students who were on
an exchange program when war broke out between the two
countries: A39
- MALAYSIA HAS RELAXED its visa requirements for foreign
students in order to attract more of them: A39
- AN ACCUSED DRUG DEALER has threatened the lives of American
students in St. Kitts if he is extradited to the United
States: A40
- A BAN ON HAZING prompted a riot that closed a university in
Thailand: A40
- FOREIGN INSTRUCTORS can get an introduction to the American
classroom in a new guidebook: A10
OPINION & LETTERS
ENDOWING THE RICH AND FAMOUS
Huge honorariums for guest speakers reinforce a celebrity
culture at odds with academic values, say Glenn Altschuler and
Isaac Kramnick, professors of American studies and government,
respectively, at Cornell University: A48
THE STORIES OF HISTORY
Most historians think of themselves as soft social scientists;
those interested in narrative face an uphill battle, says James
Goodman, an associate professor of history at Rutgers
University at Newark: B4
BEYOND FREE SPEECH
Three recent books show differing facets of radicals of the
1960s who are now teachers and administrators at universities
of the 1990s, writes Alan Wolfe, a University Professor at
Boston University: B6
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
When teachers encourage classmates to work together, students
may have no reason to try to develop their writing skills in
isolation, says Paul Marx, a professor of English at the
University of New Haven: B8
NO COSMIC BALANCE
Hollywood's double standard on looks is getting worse, says
Susan Bordo, noting that movies today are extremely kind to
unhandsome men. The author is a professor of philosophy at the
University of Kentucky: B9
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE ARTS
NO COSMIC BALANCE
Hollywood's double standard on looks is getting worse, says
Susan Bordo, noting that movies today are extremely kind to
unhandsome men. The author is a professor of philosophy at the
University of Kentucky: B9
'TERRA INCOGNITA'
The photographer Steve Mulligan finds that the most mundane of
subjects can be imbued with a degree of mystery: B72
- NEARLY 30 QUILTS from the University of Nebraska at
Lincoln's extensive collection are on display at the Textile
Museum, in Washington, D.C.: A8
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S art gallery featured a show this
summer on contemporary Chinese calligraphy: A8
A HIGHER-EDUCATION GAZETTE
"BULLETIN BOARD": JOB OPENINGS
- DETAILS OF AVAILABLE POSTS, including teaching and research
positions in higher education, administrative and executive
jobs, and openings outside academe.
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