ACADEME TODAY: The Chronicle of Higher Education's Daily Report for subscribers _________________________________________________________________ Good day! Here are highlights from The Chronicle for Monday, March 26: * Midlevel administrators receive median 3.8% salary increase. * Study finds admissions preference can harm legacies. * Colleges look at rescue services for students abroad. Those items, and more, are linked below. ________________________________________________________________ TODAY'S NEWS * MIDLEVEL ADMINISTRATORS received a median 3.8-percent salary increase in the 2006-7 academic year, the largest increase in three years, according to an annual survey scheduled for release today by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Extensive statistics from the survey accompany The Chronicle's report. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i30/30a03401.htm * A NEW STUDY by researchers at Princeton University has found that the children of alumni -- commonly known as "legacies" -- are far more likely than minority students or athletes to run into academic trouble in college if admissions preferences got them through the door. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032602n.htm * AS THE UNITED STATES and other member countries of the World Trade Organization continue negotiations on a new global-trade agreement in Geneva, about two dozen groups representing American colleges are beseeching U.S. officials to avoid making concessions that would threaten the autonomy of higher-education institutions. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i30/30a02902.htm * A JAMES JOYCE SCHOLAR who sued the renowned Irish author's estate last year over copyrighted material by and about Joyce and his family has won the right to use the documents in her research, both online and in print. The two sides reached an out-of-court settlement, lawyers for the scholar announced last week. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032604n.htm * THREE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS have unveiled a new Web site that they say will help college admissions officers more effectively recruit students. The Web site, Zinch, allows high-school students to post online profiles revealing their talents, and admissions officers to search for students with specific interests. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032605n.htm * CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY administrators and unionized faculty members agreed on Sunday to continue negotiations for 10 days in an effort to reach a new contract. Both sides said they hoped the agreement would prevent a systemwide faculty strike. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032606n.htm * A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT was reached on Sunday between the Community College of Philadelphia and its faculty and staff members that could allow students to return to class by Tuesday morning. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032607n.htm * CANADIAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS seem more satisfied with smaller, noncommuter colleges than with larger universities, according to "Maclean's" magazine, which published its university-student issue on Thursday. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032608n.htm * SPRING COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS have been announced by Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Ithaca College, Marietta College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at Perkinston, Monmouth College, Niagara County Community College, Northwest University, Saint Mary's College (Ind.), Tufts University, Tulane University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Washington University in St. Louis, and Wilmington College (Ohio). --> SEE http://chronicle.com/free/speakers/?today=03-26-2007 --> FOR MORE from The Chronicle, go to our home page on the World Wide Web at http://chronicle.com _________________________________________________________________ THE NEWS BLOG * Ave Maria U. fires provost, then rehires him as "theologian in residence." http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=1867 * Mad Mel Gibson answers campus film critic with passion. http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=1864 * Science professors at SMU protest intelligent-design conference. http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=1863 * Article examines a college's duty to a suicidal student. http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=1862 * Top court in Massachusetts to rule on biomedical lab at Boston U. http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=1861 --> FOR DETAILS of those articles and other news online, see The Chronicle's News Blog at http://chronicle.com/news _________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY * THE DOMINANCE THAT FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES enjoy in online education may give way as nonprofit institutions press forward in the marketplace and take advantage of their traditional assets, according to a report scheduled for release this week by Eduventures. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032601t.htm _________________________________________________________________ THE WIRED CAMPUS BLOG * Officials at the U. of Nebraska at Lincoln ask the RIAA to pay them for time spent on its requests. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=1954 * A Duke graduate finds Internet fame with a beer-related invention. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=1953 * IBM works with professors to make software more accessible to aging and disabled users. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=1952 --> FOR DETAILS of those articles and other information technology news online, see The Chronicle's Wired Campus Blog at http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus _________________________________________________________________ CHRONICLE CAREERS * AN OPEN LETTER TO DREW FAUST: If you can convince people that Harvard deserves more money, imagine what you could do for our industry writ large. http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/03/2007032601c/careers.html --> FOR THOUSANDS OF JOBS, and more help with your career, see http://chroniclecareers.com _________________________________________________________________ DISCUSSIONS SAFETY FOR STUDENTS ABROAD Talk online with William P. Hoye, a legal expert at the Institute for the International Education of Students, about what colleges must do to ensure the safety of students who are studying abroad, on Tuesday at 2 p.m., U.S. Eastern time. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/colloquy/ THIS WEEK IN THE BROWN BAG Scott Leamon, an expert on admissions and technology, will take your questions about how colleges can use new technology appropriately to identify prospective students -- and to impress them. Join us for a live Web chat on Thursday at noon, U.S. Eastern time. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/live/ _________________________________________________________________ HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS WEEK'S CHRONICLE DUCK AND COVER With more students studying abroad, and in places farther afield, colleges try to limit their liability by looking to companies that provide rescue services as well as insurance. Talk online with William P. Hoye, a legal expert at the Institute for the International Education of Students, about the issues raised in this article, in Colloquy, on Tuesday at 2 p.m., U.S. Eastern time. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i30/30a00101.htm SAVING TRADITIONS Students at China's Qinghai Normal University are going into villages in Tibet to preserve old folk songs before the works vanish from memory. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i30/30a05601.htm GOOD PEOPLE GONE BAD The Stanford prison experiment can help guide society in predicting, and preventing, cruel behavior in our military, penal, educational, and other systems. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i30/30b00601.htm COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS Within the decade, value-savvy Gen-X parents will be helping their Millennial kids weigh choices about graduate and professional schools. Will yours be worth their time and expense? --> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i30/30b01601.htm --> FOR THE FULL TEXT of those and all other articles from the March 30 issue of The Chronicle, go to http://chronicle.com/chronicle/guide.htm _________________________________________________________________ ALSO ON THE CHRONICLE'S WORLD WIDE WEB SITE GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships in international education. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/free/grants/ _________________________________________________________________ MAGAZINES & JOURNALS A glance at the current issue of "First Things": WHY CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES SHOULD EMBRACE THEIR FAITH: "The Christian university" is in crisis, writes the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a Roman Catholic priest and editor in chief of the journal, because it is scared of its own identity. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007032601j.htm _________________________________________________________________ ARTS & LETTERS DAILY Islamism in Europe is a choice of the frustrated children of immigrants, young people who feel they live in an ethnic and cultural no man's land. --> To get the full story, and more of the best writing on the Web, visit Arts & Letters Daily at: http://aldaily.com _________________________________________________________________ If you would like your own copy of the Daily Report, and you are not yet a Chronicle subscriber, please visit us on the Web to subscribe: http://chronicle.com/subscribe/?dr _________________________________________________________________ If you would like to receive this daily news update in HTML format instead of plain text, go to http://chronicle.com/services In the "Paid Subscriptions" column, go to "Premium E-Mail Newsletters" and click on "subscribe" under "Academe Today." 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