Author gives 5 factors that can influence the survival of private colleges. (PG)

The author examines some criterion that will be used in the future to determine financial need. (PG)

Reviewed and questioned are present methods of financing special education, and proposed are several alternative funding approaches. (DB)

Examines the causes of the crisis of public confidence" faced by scientists, and suggests political and educational strategies for remedying the situation, including the stimulation of a more clearly articulated national science policy. (AL)

The federal government has made cuts in the funding for research and development purposes during the 1974 fiscal year. Data are presented showing comparative budgets of different federal agencies. (PS)

Reports selected data from two National Science Foundation reports, Federal Funds for Academic Science, Fiscal Year 1970'' and National Patterns for R & D Resources.'' (AL)

Presents the pressures within the University of Michigan that lead to the separation of a research center that had been conducting classified military research, (see SE 506 558). Examines the consequences for the university, including likely future relationships with the federal government. (AL)

Current problems in paying for higher education may be the result of poor balance and lack of coordination. (Editor)

Prepared by the National Academy of Sciences, the report suggests implications of the 25 percent cut in support of physics programs as possible loss of scientific supremacy, employment problems, and the abandonment of whole subfields of research. (CP)

Analyzes New York University's Fiscal Crisis and proposes remedies. (JF)

Points out the hazards of Medical Deanship and urges that all those concerned with strength of medical schools (deans, faculties and other university officers) take critical look at administrative problems of a modern medical center. Chairman's address, delivered at annual meeting of Association of American Medical Colleges, Cincinnati, Ohio,…

Many variables used to determine student need, especially family and environmental variables, do not provide means of differentiating between persisters and withdrawers. No new basis was found for predicting success in terms of persistence, or for identifying students who might need special guidance assistance. (Author)