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IN THIS ISSUE

• Improving student evaluations
• The gender factor in faculty evaluations
• Student attrition in online courses
• Interview with Ken Hardy
• Seduction in the economy
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
Student evaluations. What do they mean and how can you improve them?

THE FACULTY
Does gender play a role when faculty members evaluate each other? You bet!

THE DIGITAL CAMPUS
These for-profit dot-coms are looking to go to the head of the distance education class.
Distance education is here to stay -- for better or for worse.

PROFILE
Ken Hardy used the "N" word in class. Now, he's fighting for academic freedom in Kentucky.

NEWS

GOING THE DISTANCE
Student attrition is a persistent problem in on-line courses. In our new column, learn how to make your course the stickiest site in town.

INNOCENTS ABROAD
Traveling around the world as an intern is a great way to see the sights and do some good at the same time.

DESK DRAWER

• Enrollment is on the Rise at the University of Phoenix
• No More Mr. Nice Guy at Microsoft
• What to Do When a Student Grieves Against You

REVIEWS

PAGES
A review of The Blue Angel. Francine Prose has written an updated version of Mann's 1905 tale of seduction. The professor still loses.

FLICKS
Wolves in Intellectuals' Clothing. Sample films made during the past 30 years, and you'll find professors aplenty (all male) on the prowl.

OPINION

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
"Cooperative Learning." How to stop being a know-it-all in a few quick and easy steps.

FIRST PERSON
"Would You Like Fries With That?" Barnes and Noble U provides free higher education. Textbooks are extra.

IVORY TOWER
"Seduction in the Academy." Tales of lesbians, lechers and overly active libidos abound on campus. Will distance ed. spoil the fun?

THE LAST WORD
A nation arises.