Brazil's Project Rondon, an educational program aimed at broadening a student's education and to assist in the development of the nation's most poverty-stricken areas, is described. Teaching the poor to meet their own needs is the guiding philosophy. (MLW)

Many colleges offer creative programs to help students earn money to pay college costs. Many colleges have increased the grant aid but on most campuses, the major available alternative is employment opportunities. Colleges will have to look mostly to themselves in the future when dealing with student loans. (MLW)

Overeducation is being recognized as college graduates find that a college degree is not a secure ticket to a job. A year spent serving the country is recommended with options including the armed forces, Peace Corps, VISTA, and Conservation Corps. The program could serve as a "sociological mixer." (MLW)

Quality concerns are foremost in assessing the worthiness of interdisciplinary efforts, but issues of funding, organization, student interest, and job market need to concern those who propose or review such programs. Proposed is a series of questions that may assist reviewers of proposals for new interdisciplinary degree programs. (MLW)

Undergraduates are sacrificing the full experience of college to other priorities and the major detractor is off-campus work. Faculty complain that jobs take time from studies and extracurricular activities; job schedules constrain a teacher's ability to confer with students, to arrange field trips, and student time in the library. (MLW)

Ten public universities were chosen for a study of the factors that cause minority students to succeed. Criteria used in selecting institutions included: public baccalaureate granting, commitment to providing opportunities to minorities, and diverse missions and geographic locations. (MLW)

Describes University Year for ACTION (UYA) program in which students are awarded a full year's academic credit for enrolling in off-campus antipoverty programs. (HS)

Students at Warren Wilson College, North Carolina, work 15 hours a week at an on-campus job for room and board, cutting the cost of education for both the students and the school. Various characteristics and advantages of the mandatory work program, in operation since 1894, are described. (JT)

A special program at Temple University sponsored by the Association of Retired Professionals (ARP) offers courses for retirees both to attend and to teach. Its success and stimulation are emphasized. (LBH)

The unique program offered at Oakes College, at the University of California at Santa Cruz, attempts to capitalize on the ethnic and cultural differences of minority students while offering them remedial instruction and support services to enable them to compete with majority students within the California System. (JMF)

Comment is offered on John Silber's proposed Tuition Advance Fund, under which a student could borrow to meet college costs and repay over a working lifetime in installments geared to income. This and the tuition tax credit approach are discussed in terms of the federal role in financing higher education and student access and choice. (LB H)

At Berea College all students work 10 to 20 hours a week on campus in a compulsory labor program and pay no tuition. The college maintains high academic standards, and students often use their work experience in later employment. (MSE)

Major changes are underway in the ways campuses deal with computing and computers. Computers are critical tools in academic research and instruction, and they can enhance personal productivity of faculty, staff, and students. Campuses must integrate computing into the curriculum in all three of these dimensions. (MLW)

The issue of quality at regional state colleges and universities is discussed. While aspiring to become a major research institution is inappropriate for a regional state college or university, research and scholarly activities consistent with the norms of the faculty's disciplines are critical to the development of institutional quality. (MLW)