in this issue:
"The Powers and Academia"

A missionary vocation in the strange land of the modern university -- An interview with William Willimon
by Andrew W. McThenia
"Everybody serves something," says William Willimon, Dean of the Chapel at Duke University, "and I think one of the missions that Christians may have in the modern university is to at times point out what people are giving their lives to and just to say, 'Is it worth it?'"

Of patents and courseware: the corporate takeover of the university
by Camille Colatosti
Corporate America is fast becoming a major source of funding for academic research, and that money has some significant strings attached.

Law schools and corporate influence: money's power to shape ideas and opinions
by Darryl K. Brown
Legal analyses and arguments may not be marketable or patented, but corporations still find it very much worth their while to court law professors and law schools.

Hip-hop campus activism
by Johnny Temple
The diverse audience of hip-hop music is providing common ground on which to unify disparate student groups for effective political activism.

High-stakes injustice
by Jane Slaughter
The "standards movement" has caused legislatures to mandate one-shot tests that determine whether a child will be held back a year in elementary school, or whether she will graduate from high school. At the same time, a growing movement of parents and educators is resisting test mania, calling for schools that teach children to think, not to fill in the blanks.

Pursuing the sacred in the academy's 'hallowed halls'
by Robert Wuthnow
The separation of reason from emotion and action that generally characterizes institutions of higher learning has fed the idea that scholarly approaches to religion contribute to the larger processes of secularization. But sociologist Robert Wuthnow says this view overlooks the significant contributions the academy makes to the public expression of religion.

Letters

Editor's Note

Poetry

Review

Short Takes

Witness Profile