Outlines variables related to success in securing federal monies and in establishing programs of private gift solicitation for the support of community-based programs. (AYC)

The status of Antioch Law School in Washington, D.C. is described. The program accepts, nurtures, and turns into successful students applicants who would have been given low priority by most law schools. Its emphasis on clinical teaching has turned out practicing lawyers. Problems with grant money and faculty-administrator relations are addressed.…

The Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) is a private profit-making corporation chartered by Congress in 1972 to create a secondary market for Guaranteed Student Loans (a program established by Title IV-B of the 1965 Higher Education Act). Sallie Mae's job is to help lending institutions thaw frozen cash and make more loans. (BM)

The control of clinical practice and the disposition of income from this practice have complicated the governance of medical schools for many years. The problem has been magnified recently by a decrease in income from other sources, reduction in the number of service patients, expansion of private services, and federal legislation. Implications…

Reports on a survey conducted to provide data on past and future estimates of supply and demand in the internship market place and on current and anticipated financial support for clinical psychology graduate students and interns. (Author/AM)

It is argued that during this period the years of expansion were being brought to an end, but in a way that left the higher education system in Britain inefficient and disruptive of the balance between students and resources. The reorganization of colleges of education and the implications of budget cuts and tuition increases are discussed.…

Delinquency rates for rotating loan funds might be reduced if the financial aid officer took charge of loan billing and collection rather than relying on the bursar's office, which is often not as familiar with the loan programs. Methods used at Georgetown University are described. (LBH)

Alternatives to the tenure system include flexible contracts, three-year contracts, a 10-year plan, the ballooning contract, the cyclic system, seven-year evaluations, and the co-op plan. Dialog participants include: Lester Mazor, Jack C. Buckle, W. E. Spellman, Richard Weeks, George Rapp, Vic Doyno, Gus Turbeville, and Arthur C. Gentile. (LBH)

While the Sandinista government has streamlined Nicaraguan education and encouraged expansion, many say that material and methodological shortcomings are threatening the system. (MSE)

Colleges and universities are finding that they are not always valued in the community, but may be perceived to be straining public services and not contributing adequately to the community's resources or well-being. (MSE)

Examines the changes occurring in the U.S. presidential and congressional finance system from the 1970s to the present and the problems and proposed reforms of the current system. Concludes that escalating costs and special interest influence in congressional elections must be controlled. Lists suggested paper topics and readings. (GEA)

A survey of 25 Quebec university department chairmen concerning the management of budgetary austerity found that administrative responses are generally perceived as reactionary and short-sighted, but long-term solutions proposed by chairmen are based on conflicting views of the overall role of the institution. (MSE)

Discusses use of volunteers to augment local government services such as libraries, parks, paralegal aid, elderly care, data processing. Outlines requirements of successful programs and steps toward initiating volunteer programs. Presents case studies of volunteer programs in two Maryland communities and 41 examples of how local governments can…

Fiscal problems facing Australian higher education, the trend toward private ownership of institutions and participation in institutional matters, and political and financial consequences are discussed. Private sector assistance and influence, policy problems in the push for foreign student enrollments, and the changes occurring within institution…

The authors state that to ensure an organization's financial solvency, its administrators and faculty members must work cooperatively to solve problems and make decisions. They discuss perceptual blocks; building faculty participation; and producing income and reducing costs via personnel mix, student-faculty ratio, and raising tuition and fees or…