94.27 Before you start building that new residence hall [Arthur Levine on new technology in highereducation], 206

94.38 E-mail, institutional liability, and freedom of expression, 220

94.41 Employing Japanese police techniques on campus, 224

94.55 American youth: the best of times and the worst of times [bleak prospects for urban pre-teens;increased crime in the future], 249

94.68 E-mail and sexual harassment, B274

94.72 The army and higher education administration [realistic performance evaluation; taking time tothink; electronic communications; emphasis on values and character], 279

94.74 The future is arriving . . . ahead of schedule [resistance to increasing tuition; decline inhousehold income; attraction of new technology; qualities of character and good social skills asimportant as academic knowledge], 281

94.78 Preparing our students for the workplace of the future [training students to collaborate in anatmosphere of trust; Alvin Toffler and Charles Handy say organizations will be smaller; review ofthe West Point Way of Leadership], 287

94.91 Higher education and "knowledge work" [Peter Drucker on the evolving knowledge society;Science on how skills and knowledge will be taught; focus on applied science; hands-on training;importance of fostering a lifelong love of learning; Perspective of Dewey and Whiteheadaffirmed; Christopher Lasch on alienation of a highly educated American "elite"], 310

95.11 Public access to e-mail [e-mail and open-meetings laws; limits on erasing e-mail; e-mailfrequently sought in discovery; "academic freedom" not a defense to disclosure], 330.

95.12 Law school is less popular--this year [applications down; disillusion about legal ethics; law firmsrestructuring; suicide of 1990 Yale law school graduate; fewer law students intend to practicelaw], 331.

95.14 "Fantasies" on the Internet [University of Michigan sophomore arrested for sending threat onInternet; distinguishing threats from fantasies; Internet "addiction"; Saul Bellow on "the distractedpublic"; Alexander Solzhenitsyn on silent reflection] , 336.

95.21 How students see the future [a clearer image of the future--by looking at the past; grounds foreconomic optimism; community colleges and computers likely to transform society; newtechnologies coming; Tocqueville on the American tradition of welcoming change], 350.

95.27 Character education--a national priority [the virtue of striving for virtue; need for social supportfor character education; Public Agenda survey shows deep current of shared values amongparents; colleges likely to be given more responsibility for promoting "disciplined behavior" bystudents], 361.

95.29 Unexpected opposition to affirmative action in Berkeley [substantial numbers of women andracial minorities support the California ballot initiative to eliminate traditional affirmative actionprograms; Asian-Americans make up 39% of Berkeley's undergraduates, 9% of the state'spopulation. Asian-American enrollment would soar to 55% if test scores and grades were theonly admissions criteria], 363.

95.35 Computer network can be sued for libel [Prodigy treated as "publisher"; with control comes therisk of liability; campus alternatives to e-mail and bulletin board censorship; CommunicationsDecency Act modified], 369.

95.56 College cities [the rise of college cities as new employment and retirement centers; Clark Kerr'sprediction that universities would become cultural centers; Charles Handy on loneliness as thereal disease of the next century; Ernest Boyer on colleges making connections with retirees;"malling" of the campus and loss of a sense of community; Prodigy Services Company valuespersonal interaction], 400.

95.63 Freedom of expression in cyberspace [Washington Post critical of Virginia Tech decision topunish student for using a university computer server to send an offensive message off-campus; university computer servers compared to telephone systems; risk of liability forassuming editorial responsibility], 416.

95.69 OFFAL strikes Cornell [anarchist group "mailblasts" Cornell with a "satirical" letter written underthe name of Cornell's judicial administrator; application of the Electronic Communication PrivacyAct of 1986; possible tort law implications], 427.

95.71 What a new generation may bring [the characteristics of 22 million American youngsters ages 12to 17 (millennials); millennials showing "more signs of personal responsibility;" babyboomers andsigns of a cultural change toward a more disciplined society; danger of conflict betweenbabyboomers and younger generations, if babyboomers exercise authority with the same moralism they used tochallenge authority in the 1960s and '70s], 430.

96.1 Ideas and trends: 1996 [(1)defining the objective of re-engineering: serving the customer is thegoal; employers seek "emotional intelligence," while students become "virtually educated."(2) theleft grows disenchanted with identity politics; debate on the multiracial category; HaroldHodgkinson on segregation by wealth. (3) The Great Awakening on campus: paying attention tostudents' religious interests, 435.

96.4 Thinking about the electronic future [using technology to promote a sense of community; newteaching techniques to permit "conversations" with historical figures; predictions of a "dim future"for universities; use of computers and electronic communication as a threat to disciplinedthought; the importance of teaching self-restraint in a changing economy], 441.

96.5 Indecent communications on interactive computer services [adoption of the CommunicationsDecency Act; the indecency standard and the broadcast medium (1978 Pacifica case); JusticesBrennan and Marshall on "the dominant culture's inevitable efforts to force those groups who donot share its mores to conform to its way of thinking, acting, and speaking"], 443.

96.9 Mass democracy on the Internet [University of Maryland student posts Internet messageaccusing local woman of child abuse; Washington Post editorial in support of freedom ofexpression in cyberspace], 453.

96.14 Your collected works, now in print [prior Internet newsgroup postings can be identified andcompiled by anyone using a powerful search program; Washington Post on "super-public"speech on the Internet], 461.

96.20 Freedom of expression and threats of violence [petulant and rude conduct distinguished fromthreat of violence; true threat requires serious expression of threat to harm; comparable ruling inUnited States v. Jake Baker regarding "fantasies on the Internet," 477.

96.25 The media focuses on higher education [critical media commentary about higher education,including bloated bureaucracies; "let's make a deal" on financial aid; college elitism and the"Mercedes" syndrome; faculty: more politics, higher pay, and less work; students: drinking moreand learning less], 491.

96.26 A national debate on higher education [a crisis of confidence in higher education; children as anational priority; an emphasis on restructuring; competition from industry; the benefits ofcommunity colleges; comparison of community college and University of Pennsylvania classes;the importance of social skills and character development; promoting a sense of "reverence" inthe young], 494.

96.27 The end of computer decency? [Communications Decency Act declared unconstitutional by threejudge federal panel in Philadelphia; one judge observed that "[a]s the most participatory form ofmass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmentintrusion. . ."; certain forms of expression remain unlawful, including obscenity, threats ofviolence; harassment based on sex, race, disability, or other protected status; electroniccommunication has become an important means of expression for gay men and lesbians;surveys show Americans increasingly concerned about civility; ostracism often a better optionthan formal punishments], 497.

96.31 Thinking about the Web [Washington Post series on the World Wide Web; evolution of the "No-campus campus"; the pull of "real" communities, reflected in the management decisions of threehigh-technology companies; why real communities are important; James Q. Wilson and MichaelJ. Sandel on the formative power of small groups; Martin Buber and the "I and Thou"relationship; Roger Penrose on the unity between the human brain and the workings of nature],509.

96.47 Human nature in cyberspace [misinformation that circulates as fact on the Internet; student homepages may invite harassment; sexual abuse and sexual fantasies on the Internet; legal andethical responsibilities of administrators; Haybeck v. Prodigy: Prodigy Services Corporation notliable for the off-duty sexual behavior of a (subsequently deceased) Prodigy employee "whotransmitted the AIDS virus to a woman he met while participating in an on-line sex chat room runby Prodigy"; pornography and e-mail addiction; advice to students about using the Internetwisely], 549.

97.1 Affirmative action and race relations [ challenge to California's Proposition 209 is not frivolous;impact of "critical race theory"], 560.

97.2 Ideas and trends: 1997 [diversity, individualism, and common purpose; promoting civility andreducing crime; a renewed focus on the meaning of teaching], 563.

97.4 Defining freedom of expression in cyberspace [Oklahoma federal court in Loving v. Boren heldthat the University of Oklahoma did not violate the First Amendment rights of a professor when itadopted a revised policy limiting full Internet access to adults who affirm they will use theuniversity's computer server only for "academic and research purposes; U.S. Court of Appealsfor the 6th Circuit held in U.S. v. Abraham Alkhabaz (a/k/a/ Jake Baker) that a (then) Universityof Michigan student did not violate a federal statute prohibiting interstate or foreign transmissionof a threat to kidnap or injure another person when he posted a sadistic Usenet newsgroup storycontaining the name of an identifiable victim. Practice implication discussion of First Amendment"forum" analysis; colleges should be able to adopt and enforce a prohibition against "intentionallyor recklessly causing reasonable apprehension of [physical] harm."], 569.

*97.9 "Deleted" e-mail retained at Stanford [commentary by Stephen McDonald on computer privacyand records retention policies], 579.

97.14 Arriving sooner than expected: the electronic university, part I [management expert Peter F. Druckerobserved that "thirty years from now the big university campuses will be relics . . ." William R.Brody, President of the Johns Hopkins University, said in his inaugural address that theuniversity and library of the future will be made of "bits and bytes" not "bricks and mortar"], 590.

97.15 The electronic university, part II [young people making the Internet part of their lives; Stephen J.Gould on the essence of good teaching; Charles Handy on small groups, affiliation, and trust;John Henry Newman and the attraction of physical beauty at Oxford], 593.

97.21 Deep Blue, human intelligence, and the aims of education [the mystery of human intelligence;uses of intuition; the role of passion and commitment; the miracle of conversation], 610.

97.29 The First Amendment in cyberspace: implications for higher education, part I [excerpts Reno v.American Civil Liberties Union; practice implication commentary from William Kaplin], 628.

97.30 The First Amendment in cyberspace: implications for higher education, Part II [practiceimplication commentary on Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union from Ohio State UniversityAssociate Legal Counsel Steven J. McDonald; ""Ten Principles of Civility in Cyberspace"], 631.

97.46 The University of Phoenix and the future of higher education [the for-profit University of Phoenixmay become the future of higher education, if "traditional" colleges and universities forget thequalities that made them successful, including creating opportunities for companionship inshared activities, involving students in shared governance, and exploring fundamentalquestions], 666.

97.49 Limiting liability for computer service providers [In Zeran v. America Online the Fourth Circuitruled that a portion of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) that was not struck down by theSupreme Court protects interactive computer service providers from liability for defamatorycommunications by third party users], 673.

98.14 New visions of ethics and a "unity of knowledge," part I [review of Edward O. Wilson's bookConsilience: The Unity of Knowledge; the methodology of science is the key to understandinghuman nature; "ethics is everything;" Human social existence . . . is based on the geneticpropensity to form long-term contracts that evolve by culture and moral precepts and law;"timeliness of Wilson's challenge to uninhibited individualism is reflected by a survey showingthat Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead "was named the favorite novel of the freshman class at theUniversity of California-Berkeley"], 715.

98.15 New visions of ethics and a "unity of knowledge," Part II [virtues, based on self-restraint,common throughout the human family; retirement banquet exercise; value of good design andpolice practices in creating community; Wilson's "biological" ethics fails to explain the sense ofempathy that appears in "great souls" like Gandhi or Tolstoy; interview with Elizabeth Kiss onapplied ethics on campus], 717.

98.18 Internet service providers shielded by federal law, again [federal district court decision inBlumenthal v. America Online holds that the Communications Decency Act protects Internetservice providers against publisher or distributor liability in defamation cases; right of Virginiastate employees to access sexually explicit material affirmed in Urofsky v. Allen],725.

98.21 Spam relief coming [proposed limitation on junk e-mail], 732.

98.23 The best of times and the worst of times, again [younger teenagers displaying positivecharacteristics not widely reported in the national media; the Generation 2001 survey; membersof Generation X are characterized by independence, competency, entrepreneurial spirit, and"honesty in relationships"], 735.

98.29 Addicted to speed, part I [the accelerating pace of life in technologically advanced societiesseems relentless, destructive, and addictive; educators need focus on the importance of creatingenvironments where thinking, reflection, peace, and solitude are as important as speed,convenience, and superficial socialization],749.

98.30 Addicted to speed, part II [higher experiences seem to come in a realm of consciousness wherespeed and noise are replaced by serenity and silence; Rene Dubos on how human beingsrespond to nature; sound pollution may form the background music of the campus; Shakespeareon music and harmony; Admiral Byrd on the discovery of harmony in solitude; observation of aregular "silent meeting" at a Friends' school in New York], 751.

98.44 Planning for December 31, 1999, part I [some Y2k-related problems may be overlooked; a mediastampede may be on the horizon, creating a sense of panic; Y2K not a matter not to be left in thehands of technicians; interview with Bryan Savage, Testing and Compliance Manager for theYear 2000 project of the Government of the District of Columbia], 788.

98.45 Planning for December 31, 1999, part II, 791.

99.3 "Copyright law and the Internet: law and policy issues in 1999" [an interview with Steven J. McDonald, Associate Legal Counsel at Ohio State University], 812].

99.5 The unpredictable fortunes of academic freedom [in Urofsky v. Gilmore the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a Virginia law restricting state employees from using state computers to access sexually explicit material; in Hoover v. Morales the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the rights of faculty members at public institutions to serve as expert witnesses in litigation against the state. Analysis by Diana Krejsa], 818.

99.42 The mind as a datebook [the quest for and the benefits of solitude; Maslow on creativity and solitude; Tolstoy and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh on the timelessness of each experience; speed and the decline of civility; Pico Iyler on silence as a presence, not absence], 910.

99.44 Y2K and cyberterrorism, [danger of destructive hacking as a component of any Y2K related problems], 913

00.15 Thinking about the Web 2000 [Prodigy, America Online, and Microsoft creating and fostering corporate "communities" in central (physical) locations; Affection, affiliation, and the molding of minds; education and the "collaborate dance of love"], 970.

00.28 Students and professors behaving badly, online [Pennsylvania court upholds expulsion of student who used a website to convey threatening content; Indiana court barred a university professor from creating websites designed to give the appearance of belonging to university officials; limited impact of website disclaimers], 1008.

01.1 The lessons of managed care [disquieting similarities between the managed care movement in medicine�with its emphasis on speed, efficiency, cost effectiveness and minimal personal contact�and current styles of teaching at American colleges and universities; risks and benefits of electronic learning; the mystery inherent in the richest kinds of communication; the rise of the "busni-versity; education should be grounded in the realm of the personal, and in attention to soul craft], 1059.

01.16 Another reason why "e-mail privacy" is a contradiction in terms. [What‘s the best way to protect your e-mail privacy rights in the workplace, as defined by federal law? The current answer appears to be: Don't read your e-mail messages. Once you've read them, they're no longer being "transmitted," and aren't protected by the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). That's the current interpretation of the ECPA, reaffirmed on March 27, 2001 by a federal district court in Fraser v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. (E.D. Penn. No. 98-CV-6726). ], 1097.

01.20 The Columbine Report. [Report of the State of Colorado Columbine Review Commission; suicide and homicidal rage; challenging the student "code of silence"; tactical lessons learned], 2008.

01.21 A reflection on the Columbine Report. [The attraction of social Darwinism; connection with Leopold and Loeb case; Darwin's perspectives; Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on "The Times"], 2010.

01.27 Applying the Fourth and First Amendments to student computer use. [Two recent federal court decisions indicate that judges resolving student computer use cases may be less protective of Fourth Amendment privacy rights than they are of First Amendment free expression rights; United States of America v. Frederick W. Butler (D. Maine June, 2001) and Killion v. Franklin Regional School (W. D. Pennsylvania, March 2001)], 2026.

01.38 Talking with students in times of crisis. [Responding to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001], 2039.

01.42 CDA (Communications Decency Act) immunity broadly defined. [In Schneider v. Amazon.com Inc, the Washington Court of Appeals rejected the argument that Amazon.com was liable for a reviewer's libelous posting, based on a "breach of contract" theory], 2048.