The text of the Southern Regional Education Board's recent report on and recommendations for access to quality education is presented. The report concerns access to quality; improving quality; student qualifications and placement; remedial and compensatory education; student achievement standards; and faculty and curriculum. (MSE)

Access, excellence, and equity can be combined, with the help of a revised-access model for community colleges that merges the desirable elements of competitive selection and open enrollment in an effort to protect democratic values while supporting quality and commitment. (MSE)

Discusses major unresolved issues in mathematics education today, focusing on computers, higher standards, and proposed changes in the college curriculum. Also offers eight predictions for the future, indicating that computers will not replace mathematics teachers and that calculus will no longer be the unique goal of college preparatory…

Issues in teaching students who are neither mathematiaclly nor scientifically oriented to apply computers to their intellectual and creative pursuits are described. Suggestions are made for designing an introductory computer literacy course. (MSE)

Considers a professional program at a university appropriate if it bridges the gap between professional practice and relevant theoretical knowledge, and includes a general education component. Sees Colleges of Education as failing to achieve this balance. Suggests ways of promoting and developing research at Schools of Education. (DMM)

Approaches to developing the college curriculum and teaching techniques to cultivate or enhance the student's capacity for abstract logical reasoning are discussed, and their implications for testing and faculty development are explored briefly. (MSE)

A report by the Project on Redefining the Meaning and Purpose of Baccalaureate Degrees of the Association of American Colleges is described. The decline and devaluation of the undergraduate degree, a battered curriculum, faculty responsibility, accountability, and the profession of college teaching are discussed. (MLW)

Broad changes in the academic culture and the curriculum since the 1960s are reviewed, and the need is emphasized for a re-formation of the curriculum to bring the student back into focus and to rebuild the humanities. (MSE)

The national higher education accrediting, consulting, information, and regulating agencies of 36 Eastern and Western European, North American, and Mediterranean countries are listed, and some addresses are given. (MSE)

Liberal arts graduates should be educated in these aspects of science: hypothesis and experimentation as the basis of scientific thought, problems of translating scientific thought into economic and social benefits, concepts of probability and uncertainty, and conflicts in scientific, technological, and public policy goals. (MSE)

What is wrong in the American parochialism about foreign languages is the assumption that language acquisition is a cosmetic gain, without any immediate or forseeable practical use. Languages will only be learned effectively when Americans learn that they can be used in getting tasks accomplished. (MSE)

Reviews trends affecting higher education (e.g., population shifts, career-oriented learning emphases, and educational costs and competition). Offers study findings about 14 specialized health-related, humanistic, and business/technical colleges and institutions in the North Carolina region. Considers institutional strengths and concerns regarding…

There are many indications that campuses consider the improvement of international education to be of paramount importance. Proposals reflect an interest in an infusion of international perspectives into curricula, the enhancement of competencies for business and teaching, and instruction in foreign languages. (MLW)

A major change in the pattern of U.S. research on higher education is occurring, characterized by more emphasis on state policy, institutional type, and issues shared by institutions. Methodology is broadening to include more historic, ethnographic, and qualitative research as well as quantitative study. (MSE)

Many social and intellectual forces focus introductory courses not on the process of inquiry but on its products. Changes that can help refocus these courses include limiting class size, emphasizing writing skills, having all levels of faculty teach the courses, and promoting exchange of ideas in the classroom. (MSE)