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Edupage, 18 April 1996.  Edupage, a summary of news items on information
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TOP STORIES
        Bell Atlantic, Nynex Revive Merger Possibilities
        Zenith, Microsoft Court Students On Campus
        Microsoft Targets Print And Television Markets
        The Tax Man Cometh
        Internet Phone Controversy Continues
        Data Warehousing Earns Big Payback

ALSO
        Digital And Oracle Offer Clustering Option
        Fighting Anti-Racism On The Net
        IBM Profit Up, Stock Down
        Apple Loss And Layoffs Seen As Path To Profitability
        Nader Urges U.S. Control Of Telesat Signals
        Internet Users Just Blowin' In The Wind

BELL ATLANTIC, NYNEX REVIVE MERGER POSSIBILITIES
Bell Atlantic and Nynex are at it again -- they're back at the bargaining
table, negotiating a possible $22 billion-plus merger that would create a
telco entity second only to AT&T in size.  The combined companies would
serve more than 36 million residential customers in 12 states and the
District of Columbia, and would have more than $27 billion in annual
revenue.  The companies have agreed that Bell Atlantic chairman and CEO Ray
Smith could head the new entity for a few years, and then hand it off to
Nynex's chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg.  (Wall Street Journal 17 Apr 96 A3)

ZENITH, MICROSOFT COURT STUDENTS ON CAMPUS
Zenith Data Systems and Microsoft have formed a new partnership aimed at
increasing postsecondary student ownership of PCs.  The Campus Z-Station
program is initially targeting 150 universities with plans to offer a
combination of software and Internet access at prices low enough to entice
the student population.  The companies hope to expand the program nationwide
as quickly as possible.  (The Heller Report Apr 96)

MICROSOFT TARGETS PRINT AND TELEVISION MARKETS
Microsoft and NBC are working together to develop a nightly hour-long show
focused on new media personalities and the digital revolution.  The program
will be the first product to air on MSNBC, a 24-hour cable news network
linked to an online service.  (Wall Street Journal 17 Apr 96 B9)  Meanwhile,
Microsoft is working on a series of local online entertainment publications
targeting the same readership bases as online newspapers.  The project,
code-named Cityscape, is hiring editorial staff to work in some of the
cities that Microsoft's planning to cater to.  "Local content is the endgame
for online services," says an analyst with Jupiter Communications.  "In
terms of local content and ad dollars, all newspapers have seen that as
their domain.  That is not something they are going to want to see slip to
AOL or Microsoft."  (Houston Chronicle 18 Apr 96 C1)

THE TAX MAN COMETH
A recent decision by the Florida Dept. of Revenue to levy a tax on Internet
access services has resulted in howls of protest, but the move is
inevitable, says the executive director of the Washington, DC-based
Multistate Tax Commission.  Already, at least seven states and the District
of Columbia tax computer services, and many more are considering it.  (Tampa
Tribune 12 Apr 96 B&F5)

INTERNET PHONE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES
Initial attempts to rein in the Internet and regulate voice transmissions
via the computer network have met with a barrage of opposition, including a
statement from Educom, which calls the America's Carriers Telecommunication
Association's request for FCC regulation "an attempt by a coalition of
resellers of conventional circuit switched interexchange voice services to
obtain favored treatment from the Commission.  There is no longer a need to
preserve a one-size-fits-all approach to voice services."  (BNA Daily Report
for Executives 15 Apr 96 A5)

DATA WAREHOUSING EARNS BIG PAYBACK
International Data Corp. reports that companies that have invested in data
warehousing, which pulls data from various large databases into smaller ones
to analyze trends and possible business opportunities have realized a 400%
return on their investments over three-years.  The study was based on 62
organizations that spent an average of $2.2 million each on their data
warehouse operations.  (Investor's Business Daily 18 Apr 96 A8)

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DIGITAL AND ORACLE OFFER CLUSTERING OPTION
Digital Equipment and Oracle are jointly offering "Unix TruCluster
Solutions" -- a combination of hardware and software designed so that users
can string together servers into a cluster of machines that share memory,
data and applications, significantly speeding up operations and reliability.
A cluster of four Digital Alpha servers running Oracle's Parallel Server
software can process more than 30,000 transactions a minute -- at least
three times faster than rival products and less expensive per transaction,
say analysts.  (Wall Street Journal 17 Apr 96 B8)

FIGHTING ANTI-RACISM ON THE NET
The Canadian Jewish Congress, the World Anti-Fascist League, and the Ligues
des Droits et Libertes have joined forces to create an anti-racist Web site.
The site will be funded for three years by the Quebec government and will be
up within a few months. It will be used to define racism and anti-Semitism
for the public, to disseminate information on the groups spreading hate on
the Net, and to teach students about tolerance.
(Montreal Gazette 17 Apr 96 A4)

IBM PROFIT UP, STOCK DOWN
IBM posted better-than-average earnings but its stock fell 9 points because
of Wall Street worries about its declining profit margins and the prospect
of declining earnings from overseas markets.  (New York Times 18 Apr 96 C1)

APPLE LOSS AND LAYOFFS SEEN AS PATH TO PROFITABILITY Apple posted a $740
million loss for the second quarter and said that it will eliminate 1500
jobs in the next 12 months (in addition to 1300 job cuts previously
announced).  Apple CEO Gil Amelio explained that the company was acting to
reduce fixed costs, simplify its product lines, and streamline its business
systems.  (New York Times 18 Apr 96 C2)

NADER URGES U.S. CONTROL OF TELESAT SIGNALS The Consumer Project on
Technology (CPT), a consumer group led by Ralph Nader, is asking the Federal
Communications Commission to take control of some Canadian satellite
frequencies to prevent American direct-to-home satellite companies using
foreign satellites to dominate the U.S. market.  (Toronto Financial Post 18
Apr 96 p1)

INTERNET USERS JUST BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
Estimates of the number of Internet users worldwide go up and down as
arguments rage over statistical methods.  The latest count from Nielsen
Media Research, based on an August 1995 survey, says there are 19.4 million
people who have accessed the Internet "in the last three months." Professors
Donna Hoffman and Thomas Novak of Vanderbilt University say the correct
number is closer to 16.4 million.  Mark Resch of Xerox shrugs off the
controversy:  "Yeah, we're in a hurricane, and they are arguing about
whether wind is blowing 150 miles an hour or 120 miles an hour.  The
argument is intellectually interesting, and it totally misses the point.
Activity on our Web site is up 10%  a month, steadily."  (New York Times 17
Apr 96 C1)


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Date:    Fri, 19 Apr 1996 08:59:59 -0500
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Date:         Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:21:38 +1200
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*    INFOSYS: The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems     *
*    Volume 3, Number 11     ISSN: 1173-3764     April 19, 1996     *
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* ANNOUNCEMENT - Global Issues in IS Educ (Web site; e-mail list)   *
* CONTENTS - Journal of Information Technology Management (v6 n3)   *
* POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Assist Prof, Management of Global IT      *
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ATM (ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE). Despite the development of
standards, ATM is still perceived as a solution for distant
backbones or WANs (Wide Area Network). ATM, however, may well be
adopted for networking office PCs in the near future since several
networking companies (Microsoft, IBM, etc.) have announced 25-Mbps
workgroup solutions. Shipping of the first of these products is due
in 1997. Businesses most likely to benefit from an ATM structure
are those moving large data streams such as full-motion video. "ATM
heads for the desktop," PC Magazine 15 (3) Feb 6, 1996, 34.

INTRANET. According to a survey, 22% of America's 1,000 biggest
companies are using an Intranet -- a corporate network based on Web
technology. Netscape Communications, the Internet software leader,
estimates that 70% of its sales are used toward building Intranets.
In 1995, Intranet sales accounted for 43% of the US$1.1 billion
market in Web servers and by 1997 sales are expected to reach over
US$4 billion. In order to better compete with the Intranet, IBM aims
to transform Lotus Notes, another workgroup software, into an
Intranet tool and has cut the price of Notes by more than half, to
US$69 per user. Web software can cost less than US$40 per user.
"Enter the Intranet," The Economist, Jan 13, 1996, 64-65.

The workflow imperative, part 1. [The ability to quickly identify
and respond to change, in your market, economy, workers, and process
is the fundamental benefit and the enduring advantage of workflow
technology.] / Koulopoulos, Thomas M. -- In: EDI WORLD, 6(1) Jan
1996, 49-51.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. The information society: from fordism to
gatesism. [The information society model claims that the new
information hegemony is transforming industrial society. But is it
not the case that the major change has to do with the increasingly
greater integration of information and communication into the
functioning of the economy and society, in the submission of
information and commmunication to the operative rules of industrial
society, in sum, in the commodification of information, culture,
and communication? Rather than a "post-industrial society", the
period of transition which we are experiencing consists more
modestly in the shift from one industrial mode of organization to
another mode of industrial organization, that is, form fordism to
gatesism.] / Tremblay, Gaetan -- In: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF
COMMUNICATION, 20(4) Autumn 1995, 461-482.

DATA MINING. Using neural networks, database visualization, and
other advanced technologies, the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications and Silicon Graphics are developing a new technology
that will help companies retrieve and analyze data from data
warehouses (very large databases). Besides enabling companies to
detect credit card and financial fraud, consumer purchasing trends,
and other complex patterns, this new tool will be able to represent
these patterns in 3D. "New technologies help commercial operations,"
Computer 29 (1) Jan 1996, 17.

Data warehousing: avoid planned obsolescence. [There's more to a
data warehouse than building and designing it. You have to sustain
it.] / Strehlo, Kevin -- In: DATAMATION, 42(2) Jan 15, 1996, 32-36.

Unix? NT? time to decide!. [Windows NT is expected to eat away at
Netware's predominance in low-end servers, but, long-term, your
enterprise server choice is likely to be between NT and UNIX.] /
Simpson, David -- In: DATAMATION, 42 (2) Jan 15, 1996, 24-27.

TELECOMMUTING. The productivity of office workers is 10 to 20%
greater when they work from home, says the director of
international workplace studies at Cornell University. This is due
to telecommuters' looser work schedule that allows them to work at
their most productive times -- early in the morning and late at
night. In 1993, 8.4 million US employees telecommuted at least
eight hours a week. By the year 2000, this number is expected to
go over the 30 million mark. "The virtual office gets real,"
Informationweek, Jan 22, 1996, 32-40.

WORLD-WIDE WEB. Briefly, the latest Web developments discussed at
the fourth World-Wide Web conference include the following: 1) the
creation of autonomous, intelligent agents that roam the Net,
executing users' bidding; 2) systems for secure online financial
transactions; and 3) standards that will allow software applications
to flow automatically from the Internet into users' computers.
"Webfest: a report of the happenings at the fourth World-Wide Web
conference," Internet 7 (3) March 1996, 22-26.

INTRANET. The Intranet -- private Web-based networks, usually
located within a corporation's firewall -- is becoming the killer
application for business. The market for internal Web servers (to be
used for building Intranets) is worth US$476 million. According to a
survey, 16% of the companies polled have an Intranet, 26% plan to
install one, 24% are evaluating whether to have one, and 34% have no
plan. Some of the appealing aspects of intranets include its price
(Web servers, including the software, cost about US$10,000) and the
ease with which they can be set up. "The Intranet rolls in,"
InformationWeek, Jan 29, 1996. 15, 76-78.

Jump start your I-nets. [Hundreds of corporations are taking what
they've learned from their Internet Web sites and are building
Intranets to make internal documents, files, and even important data
more easily available to their own employees.] / McCarthy, Vance --
In: DATAMATION, 42(3) Feb 1, 1996, 30-34.

Community nets: the next generation. [A community net is an open-
access computerized bulletin board system whose goal is to provide
general information to the population of the cities or towns it
serves.] / Cavallini, Andy -- In: COMPUTER, 29(2) Feb 1996, 92-93.

Middleware: a model for distributed system services. [Various types
of middleware are classified, their properties described, and their
evolution explained, providing a conceptual model for understanding
today's and tomorrow's distributed system software.] / Bernstein,
Philip A. -- In: COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM, 39(2) Feb 1996, 86-98

Transition to object-oriented software development. [A transition
plan based on lessons learned from real-world experience is
presented and several effective managerial practices are
recommended.] / Fayad, Mohamed E.; Tsai, Wei-Tek; Fulghum,
Milton L. -- In: COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM, 39(2) Feb 1996 p 108-121

VIRTUAL REALITY. Some of the most notable software for exploring the
worlds of VRML (virtual reality markup language) or 3-D Web are 1)
WebSpace from Silicon Graphics (for Silicon Graphics' workstations
and Windows NT); 2) WebFX from Paper Software (for Windows); 3)
Worldview from Intervista (for Windows); 4) Fountain from Caligari
(a standalone browser for Windows which also supports HTML
(Hypertext Markup Language) as well as build/edit worlds);
5) Whurlwind (viewer for Mac); 6) Voyager (viewer for Mac);
7) VRweb (viewer for Unix and the three Windows platforms); and
8) Internet Explorer (Microsoft's beta VRML add-in for its browser).
More information is available at http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml (San Diego
Supercomputer Center). "Put the space in cyberspace," Byte 21 (3)
Mar 1996, 61-64.

HOT INNOVATIONS IN 2006. According to Battelle experts, personalized
computers, next-generation TV, and cyber cash will be among the
products with the greatest impact by 2006. The computers will be
able to follow voice commands, secure, and personalized. For
instance, they will be able to show current stock reports on your
portfolio and even order things you have run out of. The TV will be
large, flat, digital, high-definition and serve as a networked
computer monitor. Electronic money will be used for vending-machines
purchases as well as in international transactions. Finally, smart
cards will replace both cash and keys. "Trends, forecasts, and
analyses," Inside R&D 25 (8) Feb 21, 1996, 7-8.

Building new skills for the knowledge economy. [The stresses on CIOs
and IT managers aren't unique. They are caused by major social
shifts and the fact that the game has changed.] / Southwick-Trask,
Lesley -- In: BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
REVIEW, 26(2) Feb 1996, 28-32

Choosing the right CIO. [Clarifying what its CIO is to be
accountable for and what competencies he or she requires will help
a company select the right person for the job.] / Woldring, Roelf
-- In: BUSINESS QUARTERLY, 60(3) Spring 1996, 73-82

WINDOWS NT. Microsoft's new operating system, Windows NT 4.0, due
to be released before midyear, will likely be a hit with corporate
users, small businesses, and even some home users. It is crashproof
and offers greater security than Windows 95. For instance, you can
log on to your computer by the remote access service and yet have
the machine locked to everyone else. Moreover, you can safely share
a computer because access to files can be restricted. However, a lot
of DOS and Windows 3.1 software, particularly games, won't run with
NT. It lacks Win95's plug- and-play features and is only compatible
with a limited range of sound cards, CD-ROM drives, and other
accessories. And you will need a Pentium and 16MB RAM in order to
make full use of your NT. Finally, NT costs around US$300 while
Win95 comes free on a new machine or costs US$90 as an upgrade.
"Hard-to-break Windows," Business Week, Mar 4, 1996, 18.

How information technologies can transform organizations / Morton,
Michael Scott -- In: Kling, Rob (ed.). Computerization and
controversy: value conflicts and social choices. San Diego: Academic
Press, c1996. (p. 148-160)

Beyond outlaws, hackers, and pirates: ethical issues in the work of
information and computer science professionals / Kling, Rob -- In:
Kling, Rob (ed.). Computerization and controversy: value conflicts
and social choices. San Diego: Academic Press, c1996. (p. 848-869)

Gender and democracy in computer-mediated communication / Herring,
Susan C. -- In: Kling, Rob (ed.). Computerization and controversy:
value conflicts and social choices. San Diego: Academic Press,
c1996. (p 476-489)

Social relationships in electronic forums: hangouts, salons,
workplaces, and communities / Kling, Rob -- In: Kling, Rob (ed.).
Computerization and controversy: value conflicts and social choices.
San Diego: Academic Press, c1996. (p. 426-454)

Tuning Java performance. [Fast execution for a dynamic language.] /
Tyma, Paul -- In: DR. DOBB'S JOURNAL, 21(4) Apr. 1996, 52-58; 90

The harvest object cache. [Making Internet information services
scale better.] / Danzig, Peter B. -- In: DR. DOBB'S JOURNAL, 21(4)
Apr. 1996, 70-74

TOP PRODUCTS. The best new products for 1996 are (1) Netscape
Navigator 2.0 from Netscape Communications (Internet); (2) Java
from Sun Microsystems (application development); (3) Access from
Microsoft (databases); (4) SAS System 6.11 from SAS Institute (data
warehousing); (5) Compaq ProLinea from Compaq Computer (desktop
system); (6) AlphaServer 8400 from Digital Equipment (server);
(7) CA-Unicenter for NT from Computer Associates (system
management); (8) Cisco 7500 routers from Cisco Systems (network
hardware); and (9) Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 from Microsoft
(operating system). "Top new products for 1996," Datamation, 42
(4) Feb 15, 1996, 30-34.

Novell's Net 2000: superglue for network apps?. [Forget AppWare.
Forget OpenDoc. Novell's working on yet another new way to let you
use your current object-oriented technologies to write network-ready
applications.] / McCarthy, Vance -- In: DATAMATION, 42(4) Feb 15,
1996, 38-40

How we profess: the ethical systems analyst. [To whom is the analyst
ultimately responsible?] / Wood-Harper, A.T.; Corder, Steve; Wood,
J.R.G.; Watson, Heather -- In: COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM, 39(3) Mar
1996, 69-77

DVD (DIGITAL VIDEO DISC). The PC and consumer electronics industries
have finally agreed to a standard for ultra-high-capacity optical
discs capable of storing data, CD audio, and digital video. DVD-
Video devices that connect to a TV and play an entire movie from a
silver platter the size of a CD will be on the market by September.
By December, DVD-ROM drives for PCs that will read today's CD-ROMs,
as well as new discs that store seven times more data (4.5GB, or 133
minutes of digital video), will be on sale. DVD devices may have
trouble playing current CDs, CD-ROMs, and Video-CD movies. And
DVD-ROM's promise of improved performance is fulfilled only when
playing new DVD discs. Furthermore, it will take several years
before a recordable DVD standard is finalized. Nonetheless, if you
are thinking of upgrading to 6X or 8X CD-ROM drives, consider
waiting for DVD. "DVD drives: giant CD-ROMs and movies, too,"
PC World 14 (4), Apr. 1996, 50.

The CTO [Chief technology officer] as line manager. [At the  time
when many American firms are deemphazing the role of their chief
technology oficer, those CTOs who also have P&L responsibility
explain the advantages, for their companies and themselves.] /
Gwynne, Peter -- In: RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, 39(2) Mar/Apr
1996, 14-18

EDI and business network redesign: why the two don't go  together.
[Electronic data interchange (EDI) for communication between
different corporate computer systems was expected to transform
relationships between firms. However, this detailed study of three
sectors of the UK publishing industry found that EDI developed in a
slow and incremental manner. This call into question the radical
visions of proponents of business network redesign.] / Spinardi,
Graham; Graham, Ian; Williams, Robin -- In: NEW TECHNOLOGY, WORK
AND EMPLOYMENT, 11(1) Mar 1996, 16-27

Form follows function: the transformation of banking. [Will the
banks of the twenty-first century be banks?] / Crane, Dwight B.;
Bodie, Zvi -- In: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, 74(2)
Mar/Apr. 1996, 109-117

Electronic commerce: an overview for the public sector executives /
Ali, Mir F. -- In: EDI WORLD. CANADIAN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, 6(3) Mar
1996, C1-C5

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Volume 6, issue 3 of the Journal of Information Technology
Management has appeared with the following articles:

--McLeod, R. and DeSanctis, G.A. Resource Flow Model of the Human
  Resource Information System
--Palvia, P., Patula, A., and Nosek, J. Problems and Issues in
  Application Software Maintenance
--Addo, T.B., Bordoloi, B., Easton, G.K., and Nakatani, K. A
  Framework for the Quantitative Assessment of Sustained Competitive
  Advantage in Strategic Information Systems
--Nord, G.D. and Nord, J.H. Knowledge and Skill Requirements
  Important for Success as a Systems Analyst
--Segars, A.H. Book Review: Business Process Change: Reengineering
  Concepts, Methods, and Technologies

The Journal of Information Technology Management (JITM) is a forum
for the communication of solutions found by practitioners and
academicians to the multifaceted problems associated with managing
information and information technology as a corporate resource.

Prospective authors with applied research on the management of
information technology are invited to consider the journal's
"Information for Contributors" which can be found at
http://www.uky.edu/~lederer/jitm.html or obtained from senior
editor, Al Lederer at [e-mail].


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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Assist Prof, Management of Global IT      *
* Erran Carmel, American University <[e-mail]>          *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

American University
Kogod College of Business Administration
Department of Management

We invite applications and nominations for the following position
for Fall 1996: Management of Global Information Technology (MoGIT)
for a one year appointment with possibility of tenure-track.

Qualifications: PhD in appropriate field (Management Information
Systems-MIS) or anticipated completion in the near future. An
academic and business background which would allow the individual
to develop teaching and/or research expertise in the field.
International MIS focus with interest in telecommunications, or
systems development, or database. Effective teacher at all levels
including executive education. Commitment to scholarship, teaching,
professional service, and university service.

Responsibilities: undergraduate and MBA teaching; participation in
departmental and university activities; research; student advising.

Competitive salary and Assistant Professor rank (with PhD).
Consideration of applicants will begin immediately and will continue
until position is filled. Send vita and three letters of
recommendation to:
Dr. William DeLone
Chair, MoGIT Search Committee
Department of Management
Kogod College of Business Administration American University
Washington DC 20016-8044 USA

Inquiries to [e-mail] or
http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/mogit/front.html.


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* POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Lecturer, Information Systems             *
* Bronwyn Webster, University of Waikato <[e-mail]> *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Lecturer in Information Systems
Department of Computer Science
The University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand

Applications are invited for a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant
Professor in USA) position in Information Systems within the
Department of Computer Science. Of particular interest are
applicants with the ability and interest to bring an information
systems perspective to the varied research interests of the
department. Candidates must have a PhD or equivalent in information
systems, computer science, or a related discipline, and must be
committed to teaching and scholarly research.

The Computer Science Department has an establishment of 28 academic
and support staff, and covers both the Computer Science and
Information Systems areas. There are externally funded research
programmes in machine learning, computer supported collaborative
work systems, and distributed simulation and traffic analysis in
broadband networks, and very active research projects in a number
of other areas.

Further information about the Department and the University can be
found at http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cs/index.html

The current salary range for Lecturers is NZ$41,000 to $50,800 per
annum.

Enquiries of an academic nature may be directed to the Chairperson
of the Department:
Professor M.D. Apperley
Voice:  ++64 7 838 4528
Fax:    ++64 7 838 4155
E-mail: [e-mail]

Information on the method of application and conditions of
appointment can be obtained from
Personnel and Management Services
The University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton, New Zealand
Voice:  ++64 7 838 4003
Fax:    ++64 7 856 0135
E-mail: [e-mail]

Applications quoting reference number A96/11 should reach Personnel
and Management Services by 26 April 1996. Applications received
after this date will continue to be accepted until the position has
been filled.


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* POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Senior Scientist; Summer Intern           *
* Curt Stevens, Apple Computer <[e-mail]>                     *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The Information Access research program in Apple Computer's Advanced
Technology Group (ATG) has one permanent position and two summer
internships available. ATG is Apple's research division, located on
Apple's research and development campus in Cupertino, California.

Senior Scientist: Join a team conducting research on new approaches
to finding, sharing, organizing, and manipulating information for
content-aware systems. Emphasis on implementation of experimental
information and communication systems. Requires: MS/PhD in Computer
Science with 1-4 years of work experience, or BS with 3-5 years of
work experience, with strong programming skills. Experience in
information retrieval, hypertext, or related field. Awareness of
human-computer interaction issues. Preferred: Familiarity with
common text-indexing methods. Experience with any of the following:
Internet-based information access, statistical analysis, distributed
systems, client-server protocols.

E-mail resume (ASCII-only) to [e-mail], subject
"Senior Scientist," or send to address listed below.

Summer Intern: Work with senior researchers on building tools to
evaluate text retrieval and indexing techniques, and enhancing
users' interaction with a text retrieval system. Requires: Graduate
or upper division undergraduate student in computer science,
cognitive science, information retrieval or other relevant program.
C++ programming experience. Familiarity with common text-indexing
methods. Preferred: Macintosh application programming experience.

E-mail resume (ASCII-only) to [e-mail],
subject "Summer Intern 1," or send to address listed below.

Summer Intern: Work with senior researchers to develop prototypes
for an experimental distributed information management system.
Requires: Graduate or upper division undergraduate student in
computer science, cognitive science, information retrieval or other
relevant program. C++ programming experience. Interest in
information access and human-computer interaction issues. Preferred:
Knowledge of protocols for client-server and/or Internet services.
Macintosh application programming experience. Note: For this
position, include in your cover letter a description (one-page at
most) of how you would ideally like to interact with information in
the future.

E-mail resume (ASCII-only) to [e-mail],
subject "Summer Intern 2," or send to address listed below.

You may also contact us by physical mail or fax:
ATG Information Access Recruiting
Attn: Laura Tognoli
Apple Computer, Inc., MS 301-4A
One Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
Fax [phone]


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Date:    Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:09:36 -0500
From:    Gleason Sackman <[e-mail]>
Subject: RPTCRD> DAILY REPORT CARD

Date:         Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:04:13 EDT
From: Daily Report Card <[e-mail]>
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To: Multiple recipients of list RPTCRD <[e-mail]>

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    THE NATIONAL UPDATE ON AMERICA'S EDUCATION REFORM EFFORTS
         A service of the National Education Goals Panel

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VIDEO TIME                        |          SPOTLIGHT          |
  Two new videoconferences on     |                             |
the Learning Disabled are         |       READ THE LABEL        |
scheduled for May and June.       |                             |
The conferences are produced by   |   Labeling a child          |
the Correctional Education        | emotionally disturbed or    |
Association and the National      | learning disabled ensures   |
Adult Literacy and Learning       | that student placement in   |
Disabilities Center.              | special ed.  An ongoing     |
  "Screening for Learning         | debate among educators      |
Disabilities in Correctional      | centers on where a special  |
and Adult Education Settings"     | needs child should receive  |
is set for 17 May 1996, from      | an education -- assigned to |
12-2 p.m. EST.  Topics            | special ed or mainstreamed  |
discussed include staff           | in a regular class.         |
training, screening methods       |                             |
designed for incarcerated         |   Special ed is a rose with |
students, learning styles and     | many thorns.  A dispropor-  |
cognitive preferences, and        | tionate number of minori-   |
where to send students with       | ties are assigned to        |
suspected learning disabilities   | special ed.  Some say the   |
for diagnosis.                    | confluence of poverty and   |
  A second conference,            | other environmental factors |
"Teaching the Learning Disabled   | creates "signs of           |
in Correctional and Adult         | disabilities." (#1)         |
Education Settings," is           |                             |
scheduled for 7 June, from        |   In New York City, a new   |
12-2 p.m. EST.  Viewers will      | policy is lambasted by some |
learn about:  creating positive   | as providing a financial    |
classroom environments, various   | incentive to label children |
instructional interventions,      | as special ed students.(#4) |
and resources, including          | And an emerging debate cen- |
national hotlines.  For more      | ters on how to discipline   |
information, contact CEA at       | a special needs child.(#5)  |
800/783-1232.                     |_____________________________|


         ==============  QUOTE OF THE DAY  ==============
"This remains the single largest unfunded mandate in the plethora
 of unfunded mandates."  -- U.S. Senator Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), on
      the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.  (#5)

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|      A service of the National Education Goals Panel          |
|         Published by the Education Policy Network             |
|    1255 22nd Street NW; Wash, D.C.; 20037; 202/632-0952       |
|     The DRC hereby authorizes further reproduction and        |
|           distribution with proper acknowledgement.           |
|                 Publisher:  Barbara A. Pape                   |
                  Staff Writer:  Elizabeth Gage                 |
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        ==============  TABLE OF CONTENTS  ==============
SPECIAL EDUCATION
  OVER-REPRESENTED:  Minorities in special ed. (#1)
  A NEW DAWN:  Calif. renews its special ed division. (#2)
  SPECIAL ED REGS:  Pa district fails to comply . (#3)

CITY HALL
  WRONG INCENTIVES?:  Steering students to special ed. (#4)

ON THE HILL
  DISCIPLINE AND THE DISABLED:  New get tough policy. (#5)




                 =====  SPECIAL EDUCATION  =====

*1   OVER-REPRESENTED:  MINORITIES IN SPECIAL ED
     Montgomery Country, Md., is hailed as a school district with
a "head start" on ensuring that minorities are not over-
represented in special education (Athans, BALTO SUN, 4/6).  Five
Md. school districts -- Howard, Harford, Prince George's,
Baltimore and Montgomery -- all have been placed under review by
the U.S. DoEd's Office of Civil Rights.  Federal officials
targeted the Md. school districts as part of a "national campaign
to end the over-representation of minority group members in
certain special education programs." (Beyers, WASH POST, 4/7).
     Even before the federal government stepped in, Montgomery
officials initiated their own review of minority enrollment in
special education.  According to the SUN, the district appointed
an officer to ensure that "everything possible to correct
learning and behavior problems before assigning labels to
children" was being done.  Frieda Lacey, the district's equity
assurance officer, reported that general-education teachers
lacked the skills and training necessary to work with special
students.  She also criticized tests for emotional disturbance as
culturally biased and said parents needed to be involved in their
child's placement.  "When students are not successful in general
education, the preferred solution is to refer them to special
education," said Lacey.
     The SUN reports that the U.S. DoEd's Office of Civil Rights
has initiated administrative action against four school districts
across the country and has sent six cases to the U.S. Department
of Justice for litigation.  A DoEd spokesman said that two
districts over the past 15 to 20 years have decided not to
receive federal funds, rather than "correct violations," writes
the paper.
     Civil rights officials explain that they have not determined
that the Md. districts are in violation of law; and "the
agreements being drafted reflect the agency's new collaborative
approach," which stresses working with districts rather than
traditional investigations, reports the paper.  "They have all
been extremely cooperative and forthright," said Brenda Wolff,
deputy regional director of the agency's office in Philadelphia.
"We were able to piggyback on what they had already  been doing."
     However, the new emphasis on partnership between the federal
agency and the school district is under attack by some advocates
for minorities, writes the POST.  "Their approach is too timid."
said James Robinso, a founder of the Citizens Minority Relations
Monitoring Committee in Montgomery County.  "It is designed to
placate the powers that be.  He added:  "The truth is [civil
rights officials'] have never done much, and now they are going
to do less."
     Specific measures taken by Montgomery County to counter the
inappropriate labeling of children as special education students
include:  training teachers, improving monitoring, toughening
screening procedures for children suspected of being emotionally
disturbed, and assigning a volunteer to work with parents during
the child's special education screening process, writes the
paper.  Yet, data shows only a slight drop in the proportion of
black students identified as learning disabled in Montgomery.
     According to some experts, "the debate gets thorny where
poverty and other environmental factors create signs of
disabilities," writes the paper.  Philip Burke, chairman of the
special education department at the U of Maryland points to
research that suggests medical and prenatal care, language
skills, family support and readiness for school also affect a
child's performance in school.  Burke:  "... deficits in those
areas are some of the key factors that cause children to be
referred to special education."
     Sandra Marx, special education director in Howard County,
expressed concern over the lack of options for children -- white
or minority -- who exhibit learning problems.  "There's quite
often no other place they can go other than special education,"
she said.

*2   A NEW DAWN:  CALIF. RENEWS ITS SPECIAL ED DIVISION
     The Calif. DoEd Special Education Division has decided to
overhaul its special education services for students, ages birth
to 22 years old.  The new approach involves "a multi-level,
results-based approach to instructional improvement," according
to a Calif. DoEd press release (4/4). Services will be
coordinated with state Superintendent of Public Instruction
Delaine Eastin's Challenge School District Reform Initiative
"which seeks to achieve high levels of learning for all
students," writes the release.
     The goals of the new system are to provide: "a structure for
flexibility and local control; accountability measures for
quality instruction and services; integration of special and
general education; and compliance with federal law with a basis
for changes in state law if necessary," according to the release.
     The Calif. DoEd is circulating a draft of the Service
Delivery Document throughout the state via the Internet, by mail
and in person.  Input from teachers, parents, students, school
administrators and service providers will be welcome at 19 public
input sessions.  Feedback from these groups will be used to
revise or reshape the new service delivery system which will be
implemented in the 1997-98 school year.
     To access the document electronically check the Calif.
bulletin board at (CA.ACCESS.NET.) or the Internet at
(http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov).  A video explaining the service
delivery system also is available; to request the video call
Resources in Special Education at 1-800-894-9799.

*3   SPECIAL ED REGS:  PA DISTRICT FAILS TO COMPLY
     The Pa. state DoEd found that the Wilkinsburg School
District is not "in compliance with special education
regulations," (Haynes, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE,3/19).  The state
decided to step in and train teachers and administrators in the
district adjacent to Pittsburgh.  "We want to work with the
district to enhance the training provided to district teachers
and administrators," said Sean Duffy, a DoEd spokesman.
     Bill Penn, director of the Pa. DoEd's Bureau of Special
Education, visited the district last February in response to
complaints by parents whose students attended Turner Elementary
School.  He found that paperwork was not being completed and that
there seemed to be a lack of understanding regarding certain
regulations, according Duffy.
     Teachers and administrators now will be trained to fill out
individual education plans for each student and they will be
informed of deadlines, because special education evaluations must
be completed within 45 calendar days after the district has
received parental permission, the paper writes.
     Duffy tried to deflect attention on Turner Elementary
School, which is managed by a Alternative Public Schools Inc., a
private company based in Nashville, Tenn.  The firm has hired
nonunion teachers.  "There are people that want to make this a
Turner issue, and this is not a Turner issue.  This is a
districtwide issue," Duffy said.

                       ===  CITY HALL  ===

*4   WRONG INCENTIVES?:  STEERING STUDENTS TO SPECIAL ED
     New York City's Board of Education and Human Resources
Administration has "aggressively steered thousands of poor
students classified with learning difficulties or emotional
problems off municipal welfare and onto Federal disability
payments, saving the city and state $5.2M," (Richardson, N.Y.
TIMES, 4/6).  However, children's advocates and special education
experts charge that the move to save money is damaging to
children by "encouraging families and officials to keep children
in dead-end special education programs" just because they are
low-income, writes the paper.
     Financial incentives are strong:  families with children in
special education get far more welfare per child from federal
programs than from municipal welfare.
     The Board of Education's official policy is that students
with learning disabilities should be placed in regular classrooms
because they are more likely to thrive in that environment.
Despite that policy, special education has become a "dumping
ground for students who teachers find bothersome," writes the
paper.  A disproportionate number of Hispanic and black boys in
the system are classified as attention deficit disorder,
emotionally disturbed or challenged by reading difficulties,
reports the paper.
     School officials prefer to see a decline in the special
education rolls; reserving the program for the approximately 10%
of seriously disabled now in the system.  However, the city's
push to save money by bumping families off welfare and onto
federal benefits is an incentive to keep more children in the
special education system, notes the paper.
     In 1990, a Supreme Court ruling made it easier for mildly
disabled children to receive federal benefits through Social
Security Insurance.  Special education programs have helped
qualify children for the program.  The city and families have
incentives to label children as disabled because they can receive
up to $470 per month for a child through S.S.I.
     "It raises a whole host of questions about what's best for a
child and what's best for the purse strings of the schools," said
Galen Kirkland, executive director of Advocates for Children, a
non profit organization.  "There's no doubt it's good for some
kids.  But the history of dysfunction in public education in the
city of New York - if it teaches us anything, it teaches us to be
extremely skeptical and rigorous in our questioning of programs
predicated on financing streams that could retard the educational
development of children."
     Some experts are concerned that mildly disabled students
signed up for S.S.I. will never reach their potential.  "It could
lead them to be dependent for the rest of their lives," said
Pamela Loprest, an economist at the Washington, D.C.-based Urban
Institute, a bipartisan social policy research center.
     School officials and the city claim they are "simply making
parents of disabled children aware of their entitlement,"  the
paper writes.  They also say the city's fiscal crisis has forced
them to cut welfare costs by seeking more federal benefits for
those who are eligible.  More than 11,000 children have been
shifted off of welfare and onto S.S.I. under the guidance of the
city and school.
     Blossom Richards, a Brooklyn parent, was approached by a
caseworker who said Richard's son Shawn qualified for S.S.I.  "He
told me that Shawn would be getting S.S.I. for the rest of his
life," said Richards.  "I told him that Shawn is not handicapped,
that Shawn can work, but the guy said that doesn't matter.  He
could sit at home and get money and it would be increasing
instead of decreasing."

                     ====  ON THE HILL  ====

*5   DISCIPLINE AND THE DISABLED:  NEW GET TOUGH POLICY
     U.S. Senator Bill Frist, (R-Tenn.) sponsored a revision of
the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that will
make it easier for schools to discipline students with "learning
problems or physical disabilities," (Brosnan, WASH TIMES, 3/22).
     Frist's provision maintains current law that requires
placement in the least restrictive environment and calls for a
reduction in the amount of "paperwork and redtape" necessary for
special education services, reports the paper.  However, his
proposals on discipline and funding issues were more
contentious.
     Currently, school officials can not discipline a student if
the disruption "is related to the handicap of the student,"
writes the paper.  If a weapon is involved in the disruption, a
school must have a hearing with the parent of the disabled child
before officials can suspend the child or place the student in
another school.  If parents object to a school official's
actions, proceedings can continue for up to one year.
      Under Frist's plan, a student with minor violations could
be suspended up to 10 days, writes the paper.  For continuous
violations, a school could suspend the child for 10 days
initially, "during which time parents, teachers and school
officials could decide what to do," according to the paper.
However, if a student violates school policy against dangerous
weapons or drug possession, causes bodily injury or engages in
"serious disruptive behavior," school officials would be allowed
to "place the child somewhere other than the old school for an
additional 35 days for further evaluation," writes the paper.
Weapons and drug violations, under the Frist provision, could
result in the student being expelled without follow-up services
if the behavior was deemed unrelated to the disability.
     The TIMES also reports that the new law unequivocally states
that school officials are not prohibited from referring criminal
behavior to juvenile authorities or the police.
     According to the paper, funding the bill will be a
challenge.  When IDEA was initially established in 1975, the
federal government planned to provide 40% of the funds.  Today
the federal government funds less than 7% of the cost.  "This
remains the single largest unfunded mandate in the plethora of
unfunded mandates," declared Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-N.H.).
     One option for funding the proposed changes would be to
allow school systems "to bill-back certain special education
services to other agencies that have a responsibility to be sure
those services are provided," said American Association of School
Administrators (AASA) Executive Director Paul Houston (AASA press
release, 3/4).  Senator Frist's proposal also suggests
eliminating payment of attorney fees during the process of
developing Individual Education Plans (IEPS).
      "Unfortunately, the federal government has never fully
funded these mandates, and school systems have had to dig deeply
into their pockets, namely pulling funds from general education
programs, to pay for them.  These provisions, if passed, will be
an enormous help to school systems and will lead to an even
better education for all students," Houston said.






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