Contents

The Academic Elite Goes to Washington, and to War
By Lionel Lewis
Professor-warriors abound in higher education's history.

Why "Active Learning" Can Be Perilous to the Profession
By Kevin Mattson
How a good idea goes awry.

"Believing in Yourself" as Classroom Culture
By Susan Ostrov Weisser
In a classroom swamped by relativism, education can seem more like therapy.

Personal Philosophies of Teaching: A False Promise?
By Daniel D. Pratt
The new emphasis on philosophy of teaching statements may assume too much.

Wedging Creationism into the Academy
By Barbara Forrest and Glenn Branch
Evolutionary theory's next battleground may be academia.

Extreme Academia
By Melissa Gregory
Lights! Camera! Chalk! What if reality TV came to academia?

Speaking Truth to Power: An Interview with Chinua Achebe
Roger Bowen

Accreditors As Referees
AAUP Committee on Accreditation

Incongruous Photos
Igor Katkov

Palestinian Universities
Leslie Feldman, Franklin B. Krohn, and Arthur Goodman

Michigan Tech Faculty Choose to Unionize
By Julie M. Schmid

AAUP Chapter Crafts Retirement Plan
By Wendi Maloney

University Administrators Bar Speakers
By Gwendolyn Bradley

U.S. Government Restricts Travel to Cuba
By Jonathan Knight

Enrollment of Foreign Students Declines
By Wendi Maloney

Muslim Scholar Barred From U.S. Academic Post
By Jonathan Knight

University Will Allow NAACP Chapter
By Martin D. Snyder

Uniform Undergraduate Degree Adopted in Europe
By Gwendolyn Bradley

Courts Find Discrimination
By Gwendolyn Bradley

Financial Benefits of Athletics Unclear
By Gwendolyn Bradley

Corporate Sponsorship Problematic, Review Finds
By Gwendolyn Bradley

Campus Free-Speech Zone Ruled Illegal
By Gwendolyn Bradley

From the Editor: Classroom Cultures
Lawrence Hanley

Faculty Forum: The Future of the AAUP
By Cary Nelson

Government Relations: Outlook for the Coming Year
By Mark F. Smith

State of the Profession: Dangerous Art
By Martin D. Snyder

From the General Secretary: Funding Academic Freedom
By Roger Bowen

The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution
Reviewed by Robert Birnbaum

The Two-Body Problem: Dual-Career-Couple Hiring Practices in Higher Education
Reviewed by Jerry A. Jacobs and Sarah Winslow

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