January-February 2007
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January-February 2007

Volume 93, Number 1

Contents

Features

The Robes of Academe
By Nancy G. Westerfield
Have sewing machine, will travel.

Interns as Intellectual Entrepreneurs
By Richard A. Cherwitz and Ana Lucia Hurtado
Encourage your students to be intellectual entrepreneurs.

How We Got Off the Censure List
By Robert M. Yoho, Jerry E. McGee, James “Cid” Seidelman, Sandra L. Kurtinitis, David F. Turk, James T. Barry
Administrators tell their stories.

An Interview with Norman Birnbaum
By Roger W. Bowen
The AAUP’s general secretary talks with one of the country’s foremost public intellectuals.

Faculty Autonomy and Obligation
By Neil W. Hamilton
Don’t break the social contract.

Teaching Science to Biblical Literalists
By Alvin M. Saperstein
Our science classrooms are changing. Can we adapt?

Etiquette for the Professoriate
By Ronald S. Lemos
Bring back courtesy titles. Heck, bring back courtesy.

Free Speech, Quality Control, and Flame Wars
By Patrick Leary, Jan K. Labanowski, Joan Korenman
The challenges of running academic online discussions.

Job Vacancy: President of Harvard
By Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George
Wanted: a president.

Letters to the Editor

Academic Boycotts
Hans Gesund, Max Hailperin, Howard M. Wachtel, Leonard J. Nissim, Arthur G. Werschultz, Jennifer Olmsted

AAUP at Work

Nota Bene

University Cannot Ban Guns
By Gwendolyn Bradley

Muslim Scholar Denied Visa
By Rachel B. Levinson

Former CUNY Adjunct Sentenced
By Jordan E. Kurland

International Graduate Student Numbers Increase
By Wendi Maloney and Leigh A. Neithardt

Columns

Book Reviews

Academic Freedom after September 11
Reviewed by David M. Rabban
What Does Academic Freedom Protect?

The Three Magic Letters: Getting to PhD
Reviewed by Barbara E. Lovitts
Who Makes It Through?

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