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From the issue dated November 23, 2007 |
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Short SubjectsMISTAKEN IDENTITYCornell, Georgetown, Northwestern, and Oxford may not be exactly what (or where) you think they are. YOUR (LAME) SLOGAN HEREThe oldies are often goodies when it comes to college mottos. RED-HOT HELP: Money from the University of New Hampshire's new Wildcats Salsa will go to athletics scholarships. TRUE BELIEVERS ONLY: Pagan students at Marshall University can observe the holidays of their faith, just like adherents of similarly marginalized religions. WHAT THEY'RE READING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES: A list of the best-selling books. The Faculty'IT WAS NOT A MISTAKE'Ghazi Falah, an Israeli Arab who teaches geography at the University of Akron, was accused of spying during a visit to his home village and thrown into an Israel jail for 23 days. PEER REVIEW: The University of Nebraska at Lincoln's College of Law has hired an expert from the Netherlands for its new space-law program. ... The University of North Texas' new ombudswoman will serve the staff as well as the faculty. ... A law professor has been elected president of Slovenia. Research & BooksOTHER TONGUESEnrollments in foreign-language courses have jumped 13 percent since 2002, a report says. RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists at Oregon Health and Science University created cloned monkey embryos and extracted embryonic stem cells. NOTA BENE: Two scholars offer a spirited defense of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of depression. Government & PoliticsDRIVEN BY DATAAs governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, now a Republican presidential candidate, took an analytic but not always successful approach to higher education. 747 PAGES OF CHANGEThe House education committee has approved a higher-education bill that would create new grant programs as well as hold colleges accountable for rising tuition. MONEY ON HOLD: President Bush has vetoed an education-spending bill that would have provided more than $250-million in earmarks for colleges. REGENT RESIGNS: An outspoken member of the University of California system's governing board abruptly quit. ALUMNUS HONORED: San Francisco State University is establishing a leadership center named for Willie L. Brown Jr., a former State Assembly speaker and San Francisco mayor. ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN: An association of state universities has adopted a template for sharing institutions' data on student learning with the public. IN BRIEF: A roundup of higher-education news from the states. APPROPRIATIONS APPROVED: President Bush has signed into law a bill that increases defense spending on basic research by 4.5 percent. BACK ON THE JOB: JPMorgan Chase has hired about half of the workers who were laid off by Nelnet two months ago. A HINDRANCE, NOT A HELP: Most public-health scientists think federal rules to safeguard patients' privacy have made research more difficult, a survey shows. FAMILIAR FACES: Minority college freshmen perform better academically if their entering class includes other students from their high school, according to research. ENROLLMENTS DERAILED: The chances that a middle-class child will go to college are significantly reduced when the breadwinner of the family is laid off or fired, researchers have found. Money & ManagementYOUR (LAME) SLOGAN HEREThe oldies are often goodies when it comes to college mottos. INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY CASE: Northeastern University and a technology company have sued Google Inc., alleging patent infringement. GOOD TERMS FOR INDUSTRY: BP got a good deal in its $500-million research agreement with the University of California at Berkeley, experts say. SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIALIZATION: A new state program in Oregon provides tax credits to donors who support college tech-transfer efforts. Information TechnologyTECHNOLOGY AND THE 2-YEAR COLLEGESome students are not as computer savvy as their instructors might expect, and other topics of discussion at a recent community-college conference. LINKED IN: A lobbyist for the American Library Association opposes measures that would open up academic libraries to federal surveillance. StudentsLESS LONELY AT THE TOPWealthy and elite private institutions, weighing thousands of qualified applicants, look at ways to accept more of them. ELECTORAL EFFORT: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching tries to engage more students in politics. 'EXCELLENT': Critics of AP courses take heart in a new Web site that lists schools that have dropped the program. InternationalA WORLD OF CAREPrograms in global health expand as universities respond to rising donations and student interest. STUDY-ABROAD FALLOUTThe failure of a study-abroad program in Ghana illustrates the importance of preparation for professors who take students overseas. 'YOUR RIGHTS ARE THEORETICAL'An advocate for foreign professors in Italy carries on after more than 20 years of uncertain success. INTERNATIONAL TIES: The U.S. Agency for International Development plans a summit to forge relationships between American universities and those in the developing world. Notes From Academe'YOUR RIGHTS ARE THEORETICAL'An advocate for foreign professors in Italy carries on after more than 20 years of uncertain success. The Chronicle ReviewSNAP JUDGMENTSA snapshot's worth a thousand potentially misleading, highly subjective words, writes Louis P. Masur. MEASURED RESPONSEHowever imperfect the U.S. News rankings are, boycotting them is a bad idea, writes Anthony G. Collins. NON-TRIVIAL SPORTS TRIVIADecades later, Jay Weiner, a sports writer, makes an important correction to the record. A DEMOGRAPHIC DIALECTICThe Collegium of Black Women Philosophers pursues its synthesis with a discipline that's still predominantly white and male, writes Carlin Romano. VEILED POLITICSMore than women's heads are hidden in the French controversy over the hijab, writes Joan Wallach Scott. A CHALLENGE TO LEADERSHIPGeorge Keller had groundbreaking insights into institutional strategy in higher education, writes Wilfred M. McClay. THE FREEWHEELIN' TODD HAYNESThe filmmaker constructs a sense of Bob Dylan from a collage of identities, writes Anthony DeCurtis. INNOCENTS ABROADIn The Overwhelming, the professoriate again serves as surrogate for the playwright J.T. Rogers's anthropological obsessions, writes Julia M. Klein. ENDLESS MUMMERIn Philadelphia, a New World cultural blend goes on parade. WHOSE EDUCATION IS IT?With helicopter parents hovering, college staff members need to deal not with student affairs, but with family affairs, writes Lynette S. Merriman. CRITICAL MASS: The polarizing legacy of Norman Mailer, 1923-2007 Letters to the EditorChronicle CareersIN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATIONWho knew that working together to raise the profile of a half-forgotten author could be so much fun? MIDTERM GRADES FOR BLACKBOARDA newcomer to virtual-learning environments assesses what they can and can't do for his classroom. THE DEPARTING DATA DIVAAn inherent risk in helping employees develop professionally is that they'll take their talents elsewhere. DETAILS OF AVAILABLE POSTS, including teaching and research positions in higher education, administrative and executive jobs, and openings outside academe |