This article examines grants (Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, state grants) and work-study and loan programs. Discusses aid available to low-income and middle-income families, average amount of various types of awards, and what percentage of students is receiving financial aid. (CT)

The Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) at The George Washington University Medical Center funds pilot projects submitted by the faculty. The procedures for allocating BRSG funds, their distribution in Medical Center departments, and their effect on attracting extramural funding over a five-year period are discussed.

Provided are suggestions for parents to take to pay for their children's college education. Making systematic payments to a college fund, setting up a Clifford Trust, zero-coupons, and other areas (such as part-time student employment) are considered. Also suggests considering the cost factor of public over private institutions. (JN)

A Twentieth Century Fund task force indicates that industry funding of academic research is not harmful to academic values if guidelines are followed. Some of the recommendations made by the task force are listed. One recommendation is that title to patents resulting from joint projects should be held by the university. (JN)

Tsar Alexander I of Russia created a ministry of public education and promulgated laws to provide elementary and secondary schools and higher education institutions for all classes of the population. The public took a great interest in education and actively participated in the funding of schools at every level. (RM)

Latin American scholarship is flourishing in universities, but there are some conspicuous weak spots; the need for increased teaching of Portuguese and indigenous languages, the difficulties of maintaining up-to-date bibliographies, and a need for greater funding to enable Latin American area specialists to get into the field more frequently. (KH)

The annual Comparative Performance Study of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) contains data on the endowments of 223 colleges and universities. It can help answer many donor questions. (MLW)

Parents represent a major but largely neglected source of annual, capital, and deferred gifts. An important dividend of any effective parents program will be the volunteers it turns up. These volunteers can help with fund raising. (MLW)

Discusses a study of off-campus community college programs, focusing on student characteristics, program locations, curricula, funding support, and program administration. Presents findings based on 439 responses representing all 50 states, indicating that nearly 700,000 students were served by off-campus programs in 1981-82, and most state…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded support for supercomputer centers at Cornell University, Princeton University, University of California (San Diego), and University of Illinois. These centers are to be the nucleus of a national academic network for use by scientists and engineers throughout the United States. (DH)

Suggestions are given to help the student financial aid office develop its own systematic approach to (1) processing information received on private sources of financial aid; (2) conveying this information most effectively to students; and (3) assisting students in locating private funds. (Author/MSE)

A nationwide study of costs of U.S. institutional care between fiscal years 1977 and 1984 identified major trends: a plateau in adjusted total nationwide spending for institutional operations, a decline in adjusted nationwide spending for institutions from state revenue sources, and emergence of the federal government as an equal partner in…

The article describes services of the Frambu Health Centre in Norway, which has evolved during the past 30 years from a summer camp for children with poliomyelitis to a modern information and treatment center for families with disabled members, and offers fortnightly courses for patients with rare congenital and/or hereditary disorders. (Author/MC)

Using the North Carolina community college system as an example, underscores the importance of community colleges gathering in public support and translating that support into political power. Urges community colleges to address their constituencies clearly, forcefully, and collectively; reassess their mission; and investigate other avenues of…

Describes a cooperative effort by Carteret Technical College and local county officials to obtain funding, a site, and support for a civic center to be located on the college campus. Reviews benefits for the college and the community in the shared facility. (AYC)