November-December 2006
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Features

Governance Review Without Tears
By Lynn K. Davis and Deborah L. Page
Go ahead-overhaul your campus governance structure.

The Color of Our Classroom, the Color of Our Future
By Dolan Hubbard
HBCU's and the PhD.

Shared Governance, Junior Faculty, and HBCUs
By Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Power-sharing works at Spelman.

What Does “Academic Freedom” Mean?
By Michael Bérubé;
Let's reinforce academe's intellectual independence from the state.

Pleasure and Danger in Online Teaching and Learning
By Julie K. Chisholm
Beware course-management software

Contingent Faculty Across the Disciplines
By Monica F. Jacobe
News on the non-tenure-track front.

How Can You Teach Composition Without Adjuncts or Tenure Lines?
By Georgia Rhoades and David P. Haney
Toward a more equitable model of composition instruction.

Minding the Academy’s Business
By David J. Siegel
Academic values are different from corporate values.