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From the issue dated July 11, 2008 |
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Short SubjectsROBOTS HIT THE IVIESThe sequel to last year's Transformers is being shot at Penn and Princeton. LOGOS AND LACE: Victoria's Secret has released a line of loungewear bearing the brands of 32 colleges. NO, REALLY, I'M A COW: Researchers at two universities in Australia collaborated on a device that can tell cows and sheep from wild animals to block the latter from waterholes and feed troughs in the vast outback. NEW NAME, NEW IDENTITY: Villa Julie College becomes Stevenson University, distancing itself from its single-sex, Roman Catholic past. Notes From AcademeA CHANCE AT A LEGACYA research tool developed at Cornell University to help find the ivory-billed woodpecker may be what the bird leaves of value even if another living specimen is not found. The FacultyPOWER OF THE PUMPCalifornia's adjuncts are feeling the gas pinch. Is their situation a foreshadowing of a larger problem for contingent academic labor? HEAT CHILLSummer is fine and fickle. Expect no constancy. Stay in the moment, writes Carolyn Foster Segal. A HISTORY OF INSECURITYExcept for a brief professional golden age in the 1950s and 60s, historians have perennially faced a rocky market for their skills, write Anthony Grafton and Robert B. Townsend. AP DIARYThe true story of what it's like to spend a week grading Advanced Placement exams. STARTING FRESHA primer for new professors on what to expect in the first year on the job. NEW PATH TO A PH.D.: Some graduate programs in the humanities are switching from comprehensive qualifying exams to portfolios compiled by doctoral candidates. PEER REVIEW: A Canadian general takes command at Memorial University of Newfoundland. ... Heather M. Young will be the first dean of the University of California at Davis's new nursing school. ... The departing chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison will be interim head of a new science institute. Research & BooksA CHANCE AT A LEGACYA research tool developed at Cornell University to help find the ivory-billed woodpecker may be what the bird leaves of value even if another living specimen is not found. ONLINE TEXTBOOK PIRACYIllegal copies abound on the Web, luring students with cheap downloads and raising the ire of publishers. WORDS INTO ACTIONAs a law scholar and public intellectual, Stephen L. Carter likes ideas bolstered by character. As a best-selling novelist, he likes characters bolstered by ideas, writes Peter Monaghan. RESEARCH RENEGADESCase studies of mavericks in biology prod us to consider the complex ways in which science progresses, write Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich. BRAVE NEW WORLD: Scholarly publishers at the American Association of University Presses discussed how they're adapting to changes in economy, technology, and markets. A TENUOUS TIE: The announcement of the Minerva Research Initiative has scholars and government officials pondering what the proper relationship between the Pentagon and academic research should be. Information TechnologyONLINE TEXTBOOK PIRACYIllegal copies abound on the Web, luring students with cheap downloads and raising the ire of publishers. FIGHTING BACKNew efforts to curb online bullying could affect colleges and their students, Robert M. O'Neil writes. LINKED IN WITH...: Edward Seidel, who will soon take over the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure. Money & ManagementVIEW FROM WITHINAn Education Department official who resigned in May says the agency is controlled by advisers who have insufficient regard for the liberal arts and believe in an overly strict accreditation process. STATE OF THE ART, OR OVERSTATED?To compete for athletes, small, lower-division colleges are building multimillion-dollar sports facilities. Some say it's not a good use of their money. COLLATERAL BAGGAGEWho, exactly, is the audience for a capital campaign once it goes public? HOW THEY GOT THAT GIFT: St. John's College in Annapolis had a lifelong relationship with Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, but it resulted in a large donation only after he died. THE UPSHOT OF GLOOM: Many nonprofit organizations are seeing a surprising drop in gifts from baby boomers, and two direct-marketing experts attribute it to pessimism about the financial outlook. RISKS AND REWARDS: Real-estate-rich universities are taking advantage of new ways to develop their holdings through corporate partnerships, according to a new report. CAPACITY AND ACCESSIBILITY: Two new reports urge more money to shore up the American work force and greater spending on higher education for more Americans. Government & PoliticsLEFT BEHINDThe Education Department's departing inspector general says the student-loan crisis is not retiring with him. VIEW FROM WITHINAn Education Department official who resigned in May says the agency is controlled by advisers who have insufficient regard for the liberal arts and believe in an overly strict accreditation process. LOADED WEAPONThe Supreme Court's landmark decision to void Washington's 32-year-old gun ban may affect college campuses. IN THE NAME OF SECURITYRestrictions on unclassified research are impeding the nation's ability to be economically competitive and defend itself against potential threats, write Jacques S. Gansler and Alice P. Gast. A TENUOUS TIE: The announcement of the Minerva Research Initiative has scholars and government officials pondering what the proper relationship between the Pentagon and academic research should be. StudentsLOADED WEAPONThe Supreme Court's landmark decision to void Washington's 32-year-old gun ban may affect college campuses. NOTHING BORROWEDTop colleges fell all over themselves this spring competing to offer the best financial-aid packages and to eliminate loans. If Davidson College is an indicator, the new policies may well do just what the colleges wanted. FIGHTING BACKNew efforts to curb online bullying could affect colleges and their students, Robert M. O'Neil writes. AthleticsSTATE OF THE ART, OR OVERSTATED?To compete for athletes, small, lower-division colleges are building multimillion-dollar sports facilities. Some say it's not a good use of their money. InternationalSETTING SUNThe decline of college-age students in Japan has resulted in a new sense of competition among universities. FACULTY QUOTAS IN INDIA: The elite Indian Institutes of Technology have been ordered by the government to reserve almost half of their teaching positions for members of the so-called lower castes. 200 SCHOLARS TO GET SUPPORT: The Carnegie Corporation of New York will spend $5-million for fellowships for African academics in the humanities. CommentaryIN THE NAME OF SECURITYRestrictions on unclassified research are impeding the nation's ability to be economically competitive and defend itself against potential threats, write Jacques S. Gansler and Alice P. Gast. FIGHTING BACKNew efforts to curb online bullying could affect colleges and their students, Robert M. O'Neil writes. UPDATE ON A CLASSICA new book that takes up where the classic American Higher Education leaves off shows the proliferation of voices in academe, Thomas Bender writes. The Chronicle ReviewWORDS INTO ACTIONAs a law scholar and public intellectual, Stephen L. Carter likes ideas bolstered by character. As a best-selling novelist, he likes characters bolstered by ideas, writes Peter Monaghan. RESEARCH RENEGADESCase studies of mavericks in biology prod us to consider the complex ways in which science progresses, write Oren Harman and Michael R. Dietrich. A HISTORY OF INSECURITYExcept for a brief professional golden age in the 1950s and 60s, historians have perennially faced a rocky market for their skills, write Anthony Grafton and Robert B. Townsend. DISHONORARY DEGREESOK, so Robert Mugabe's a dictatorial tyrant and international pariah. But such good study habits! writes Carlin Romano. YOUR BRAIN ON GOOGLEAn article suggests that the Internet has weakened our powers of sustained concentra — by the way, you must check out this outrageous Paglia column at Salon ... HEAT CHILLSummer is fine and fickle. Expect no constancy. Stay in the moment, writes Carolyn Foster Segal. OUT ON A LIMBChristopher LaMarca photographs forest defenders in their natural habitat. NOTA BENE: Books on Laura Ingalls Wilder's cultural impact; the history of tomboys; and the American family vacation. Letters to the EditorChronicle CareersAP DIARYThe true story of what it's like to spend a week grading Advanced Placement exams. STARTING FRESHA primer for new professors on what to expect in the first year on the job. COLLATERAL BAGGAGEWho, exactly, is the audience for a capital campaign once it goes public? |