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Subject: 9/5/2007 Weekly Report from The Chronicle of Higher Education
ACADEME THIS WEEK: The Chronicle of Higher Education's Weekly
Report for subscribers
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Good day!
Here is some of the top news of higher education from the past
week:
* TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT COLLEGE STATION violated a dozen
safety and security rules for research on dangerous
microbes, federal officials say. The government says it
will continue its two-month-old suspension of such studies
at the university until the problems are fixed.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007090501n.htm?=attn
* RITA SANDERS GEIER, who filed a lawsuit in 1968 accusing
Tennessee of perpetuating a dual system of higher education
for black and white students, is going to work for the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville to help further its
efforts to diversify.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007090401n.htm?=attn
* NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN and officials of DePaul University
clashed on several occasions this summer after the
controversial assistant professor of political science lost
his bid for tenure, according to internal university
memoranda obtained by The Chronicle.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007090402n.htm?=attn
* A HARD-HITTING REPORT by a state panel on last spring's
massacre at Virginia Tech could lead colleges nationwide to
consider whether to adopt new policies dealing with security,
emergency preparedness, and mental-health issues,
higher-education experts say.
http://chronicle.com/free/2007/08/2007083101n.htm?=attn
* SOME 35,000 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS from Louisiana
and Mississippi did not return to their campuses last fall,
a year after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck, or enroll
in other colleges, according to a new report.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/08/2007083001n.htm?=attn
--> GO TO http://chronicle.com/free/newsarch.htm to read the
full text of other stories from the past week.
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NEW IN CHRONICLE CAREERS
* AFTER A YEAR ON THE JOB, an associate dean reflects on the
differences between faculty and administrative life.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/08/2007083101c/careers.html
* BY RECOGNIZING THE PARALLELS between success in business and
in academe, you may be able to avoid the pitfalls that come
with being your own boss.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/08/2007083001c/careers.html
--> FOR MORE about jobs in academe, go to
http://chroniclecareers.com
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FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S CHRONICLE
PEERING IN AT PIRATES
Campus-network officials at Illinois State University have
embarked on a monitoring project that shows that the campus
network is a haven for illegal activity.
--> SEE http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i02/02a00102.htm?=attw
--> FOR MORE from this week's Chronicle, go to
http://chronicle.com/chronicle
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MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
Summarized in the last week:
* A glance at the current issue of "Current Directions in
Psychological Science": Alone and getting older.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007090501j.htm?=atmj
* A glance at the current issue of the "International Political
Science Review": Economists at the helm.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/09/2007090401j.htm?=atmj
* A glance at the current issue of "American Theatre": The
drama of writing a play.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/08/2007083101j.htm?=atmj
* A glance at the August 2007 issue of the "Journal of Marriage
and Family": Cohabitation and marriage.
--> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/08/2007083001j.htm?=atmj
--> FOR SUMMARIES of those and other recent articles, go to
http://chronicle.com/daily/magarch.htm
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ALSO POSTED ON ACADEME TODAY IN THE LAST WEEK
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships in the humanities and social
sciences, and more.
--> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/grants/
DISCUSSIONS
TOMORROW IN THE BROWN BAG
Melissa Emerson, who works to close town-gown rifts between
Colorado State University and the City of Fort Collins, Colo.,
will answer your questions about what colleges can do to help
their local communities and not just be a source of noisy,
rowdy, grungy students. Join us for a live Web chat on Thursday
at noon, U.S. Eastern time.
--> SEE http://chronicle.com/live/?=atdi
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