Thinking Critically
By Francis Assaf

The Scholar's Audience
By Conrad Fink

Forum Guidelines

To encourage discussion on issues affecting the university and higher education in general, the Forum section appears periodically in Columns. Faculty, staff, administrators and researchers associated with the university are invited to submit essays and respond to previous essays. A committee appointed by the University Council reviews submissions to determine which are of greatest interest to the university community.

Faculty members of the Forum review committee are Laura Mason, history; Kathleen Parker, geography; and Barry A. Palevitz, botany. The staff representative to the committee is Stephanie A. Watson, housing.

Opinions expressed on these pages do not necessarily reflect the views of the administration of the University of Georgia or the review committee. Articles will be edited to conform with the Associated Press stylebook.

Guidelines for submissions:

• Topics should be related to issues in higher education.
  
• Essays should have broad appeal in the university community.
  
• Essays should be no longer than three double-spaced pages.
  
• Send essays to Beth Roberts, Alumni House.