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Diverse Student Bodies, Diverse Faculties
By anthony lising antonio
Student diversity and faculty diversity are complementary.

To Be an Ordinary Department
By Forrest D. Colburn
What happens when ethnic studies programs become "normal" departments?

Chinese Higher Education Enters a New Era
By Xin-Ran Duan
Higher education in China undergoes major change.

Less Assessment, More Learning
By Lowell Barrington
"Learning assessment" garners unexpected results.

Trading Cards for the Professoriate
By Luis Martínez-Fernández
An ambitious proposal to increase the popular prestige of faculty.

GLBT Faculty Reject Marginalization
William Tierney

Open or Shut Doors at CUNY?
David Crook

Magazine Cover Critique
Howard P. Glauert

Complications of Disabilities
Phylis Dryden

Effects of Merit Pay
Robert E. Cone and James O'Rourke

Solution to Grade Inflation
J. Bunker Clark

Work-Family Roundtable Convened in Washington

Summer Institute Draws Record Numbers

Conference Addresses Athletics and Academics

New Formula May Endanger Pell Grant Awards

Private Borrowing for College Increasing

Conference Held on Scholars at Risk

Relax Distance Education Rules, Department Says

Group Issues Accreditation Fact Sheets

Reading Choice Again Stirs Controversy

Higher Education Works Well, Americans Say

Web Site Offers Scholarly Links

From the Editor: Academic Freedom after 9/11
Lawrence Hanley

Government Relations: The USA Patriot Act
By Mark F. Smith

Legal Watch: Sexual Harassment Policies on Campus
By Donna R. Euben

State of the Profession: This Jewell Is a Real Gem
By Martin D. Snyder

From the General Secretary: Tenure and Its Discontents
By Mary A. Burgan

The Future of the Public University in America: Beyond the Crossroads
Reviewed by Gary Rhoades

Academic Ethics: Problems and Materials on Professional Conduct and Shared Governance
Reviewed by Larry Gerber

Increasing Faculty Diversity: The Occupational Choices of High-Achieving Minority Students
Reviewed by Daryl G. Smith

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