With erosion of confidence in the political state, academic influences are becoming increasingly local. The consequences of this influence are discussed. (Editor/PG)

A great problem in higher education is a lack of clearly defined goals. (HS)

Maharishi International University, a 4-year liberal arts college with a student body of under 500, is a university dedicated to the propagation of transcendental meditation. (Author/PG)

Discusses the Academic Conference held each year at Southern Methodist University to implement innovations into the university structure. (PG)

A noted feminist author and a prominent educator talk about the good and the bad aspects of mass education. (Editor)

Reminiscenses of college life in the 50s at the University of Texas at Austin. (PG)

The University of the Americas has disrupted the social fabric of the town of Cholula, Mexico in an effort to provide an American college experience in a foreign setting. It has enriched some citizens of Cholula, pauperized others, and provided a questionable education for its students. (PG)

The community college has been criticized as a "cooling-out' phase in higher education. The authors assert that equal educational opportunities, social reforms and individual self-esteem demands are being met through community colleges. (Author/PG)

Traces the history of Mississippi's Jackson State College through the eyes of two presidents who have significantly shaped it and offers a plea to black students to respect the struggle of their ancestors by seriously studying and challenging their intellects. (Editor/PG)

A three-way dialog between Francis Pray, Chairman of Frantzreb and Pray Associates; William Sullivan, Dean of St. Louis University; and John Terry from John Brown University on the future of private higher education. (PG)

Describes the pitfalls inherent in removing all barriers to postsecondary education at the community college level. (PG)

The goal of Ralf Dahrendorf, new director of the London School of Economics (LSE) is to restore the school's international reputation for the study of modern social science at both undergraduate and graduate levels with emphasis on the political role of social science knowledge. (JT)

Criticizes the Carnegie Commission for failing to take sufficiently seriously the evidence that the American social and political fabric is badly torn. American colleges and universities are failing to create a common culture without which our future is dubious. (Editor)