This article focuses on opposition to a new law that orders Maryland's state-supported schools to bare intimate facts about their financial status to an ethics commission which makes all of the reports available to the general public. (Author/SA)

Discusses the problems of public financial disclosure in two states. In New York, the governor has ordered that scientists employed by the state must comply; in California, state law requires financial disclosure and prohibits "conflict of interest" financial activities of employees of state agencies, interpreted to include universities…

Describes New Jersey's budget difficulties, caused essentially by the reluctance of the state legislature to enact tax reforms. Severe cutbacks in state university funds were partially averted due to revenue increases, including a two percent increase in the corporation business tax and a boost in motor vehicle registration fees. (MLH)