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Highlights from the Chronicle of Higher Ed. and Edupage
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 18:52:27 -0500
[Excerpts from the Chronicle abstract from their gopher, "gopher chronicle.merit.edu 70" and from Edupage, "gopher educom.edu." I found them with the CAF whatsnews server, "gopher gopher.eff.org 5070".] - Carl] [...] A guide to the January 26, 1994, issue of THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Volume 40, Issue 21) [...] COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS ABOLISHES TENURE The institution's trustees have voted unanimously to replace it with a system of contracts. It has also warned professors not to criticize the institution to the news media: Page A18 {best argument I have heard for tenure} [...] o THE AMERITECH FOUNDATION WILL SPEND $700,000 to create a university consortium that will help scholars analyze telecommunications policies: A23 [...] * What a difference a word makes to R.C. De Prospo, a professor of English at Washington College. Various agencies repeatedly denied him money to support a research project comparing 17th-century captivity narratives. But when he gave a paper on the topic at last month's Modern Language Association meeting -- with the word "multiculturalism" in the title -- one university press and three scholarly journals inquired ahead of time about publishing the work. [...] o INFORMATION ABOUT HUNDREDS OF COLLEGE CLASSES taught with the help of satellites, computer networks, and other technologies has been compiled in a book, "The Electronic University: A Guide to Distance Learning Programs": A23 o THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP UP with the latest news on the effort to create a "National Information Infrastructure" can find information about the U.S. government's activities on the Internet. Users can gain access to the information on the server by using the telnet or Gopher functions to reach iitf.doc.gov. The password "gopher" should be used to log on to the system: A25 o AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF "FANNY HILL" has been removed from a computer connected to the Internet, prompting a spirited debate about censoring computerized [...] o HAMLINE UNIVERSITY HAS DRAWN UP A NEW POLICY expressing support for members of minority-student groups that want to exclude whites: A4
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