TO RISE ABOVE PRINCIPLE: THE MEMOIRS OF AN UNRECONSTRUCTED DEAN
                        (published under the pen-name Josef Martin)  University of Illinois Press, 1988

this book was long out-of-print.
      A second edition that includes some additional material is coming mid-2012
A few extracts from reviews are  HERE; all reviews are listed HERE    
              and please see how I've changed my mind about some things HERE

A year after the book was published, the author's real identity was revealed
in the keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences.
A transcript of that speech is an Appendix in the fothcoming second edition 

Big-time football does not further the goals of higher education
Roanoke Times, 13 January 2000, A17

A sabbatical tale, AAUP Bulletin, 60 (1974) 296-298

A guide to successful university administration
Vestes (The Australian Universities' Review), 12 (1969) 19-29
Diversity and identity  (Keynote Speech)
Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting
        of the American Conference of Academic Deans, 1993, 27-35


Affirmative action at Virginia Tech: The tail that wagged the dog
Academic Questions, 6 (#1, Winter 1992-93) 72-84

The trivialization of sexual harassment: Lessons from the Mandelstamm Case
Academic Questions, 5 (#2, Spring 1992) 55-66
  letters and response, Academic Questions, 5 (#4, Fall 1992) 5-6

an essay (written 1997)  with many references posted at
THE SOCIETY FOR
A RETURN TO ACADEMIC STANDARDS
  where there is much more on this subject
Editorials, book reviews and miscellaneous items in
About university life
Against political correctness
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