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)

Consulting services that once specialized in helping colleges obtain federal money are now closing their doors. (HS)

The financial crisis currently being experienced in community colleges is forcing the imposition of fees and tuition and thereby changing the basic philosophy of community colleges as open door" institutions. (NF)

Discusses the problem that quite often unusually qualified personnel from the academic standpoint are unprepared for administrative positions and can only solve these problems by way of the trying school of experience and its attendant mistakes. The author offers a system to develop various abilities to achieve solution of this problem. (EK)

Compares costs and benefits to derive a rate of return of 18 percent on investment in the 2-year college. (BH)

Discusses philanthropy; state aid; federal aid, including student grants and loans and direct institutional support; and deferred tuition charges. Outlines federal administration proposals for foundations and institutes. (AL)

Explored are legislation and progress in government programs serving aged blind persons which can be anticipated during the next decade, particularly in the areas of income maintenance and social and rehabilitation services. (KW)

Economist says industrial training boards offer potentially successful model for the U.S. (Editor)

Surveys Federal science policy parties, considers the need for continued scientific and medical research, and urges scientists to present the case for science." (AL)

Business has many reasons for assisting the arts and numerous ways of doing so. (CK)