Twenty sources of information and research related to student financial aid and/or postsecondary financing issues are listed. Included are periodicals, publications, agencies and institutions, and federal and private agencies that publish technical and statistical data. (JMD)

The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) and 25 coal-owning tribes recently completed a study of issues associated with control and reclamation of surface mining. Article presents their seven recommendations for legislation enabling tribes to have greater control over the regulation and reclamation of strip mining on their lands. (Author/DS)

Disputes beliefs contributing to the increasing skepticism toward higher education: many students are unable to benefit from higher education; enrollment declines are inevitable; the labor market cannot absorb all college graduates; the nation cannot afford its higher educational system; and higher education weakens the work ethic and propagates…

Examines the role of education in balancing political and economic power between the races. Particular attention is given to describing the influence White funding has had on the development of Black education and on the contemporary phenomena of Black nationalism. (EB)

The history of the Carnegie pension system and the contributions of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) and Henry Pritchett toward its development are discussed. General problems and criticisms of the CFAT and pension plans in academe are examined. (SF)

The basic provisions of the TIAA-CREF retirement plans are outlined and the impact of inflation and falling stock prices on annuities and bonds are investigated. Major factors that should be considered when allocating contributions to TIAA-CREF funds are discussed. (SF)

The relationship between American business and higher education is examined. Corporate gifts and corporate programs including guest lecture programs and cooperative education programs are discussed. The most controversial program, "chairs of free enterprise," which promotes capitalism, is highlighted. (JMD)

Higher education is seen as a privilege, not a right. Issues to be considered by trustees include: tenure, contracts in lieu of tenure, accreditation, territorial poaching, and financing of colleges and universities. Educational agencies or institutions that depend on the public's dollar must deliver what they promise and meet standards. (MLW)

AGB's accomplishments of the year are discussed: formulation of Three Year Plan for expansion, membership growth, corporate support, record conference attendance, two significant new publications, products of major research projects, and initiation of a project to assist boards of predominantly Black institutions. (Author/MLW)

The league of Cities for the Arts in Education encourages the integration of all the arts in all parts of school curricula for all children. An overview of the project and the individual programs of Hartford, Little Rock, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, and Winston-Salem are described. (JMD)

Since a new federal policy for higher education may be formulated soon, the author notes that federal policy is necessarily political with the government having to weigh competing claims for its limited resources. Higher education, therefore, has a responsibility to unite in formulating its own policy that will be in the best interests of society.…

It is time to drop the "zero sum style" that has public and private institutions divisively arguing over private and public funds, and adopt a posture of mutual support. The president of the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges (CASC) emphasizes that both independent and state-owned colleges and universities are needed and an educational…

The component of the student grant system in the United Kingdom that is paid directly to the student by his parents is examined. A simple theoretical model of the family decision process that determines whether a student will attend college is developed. (Editor/LBH)

As the Guaranteed Student Loan Program became a necessity for a substantial portion of students at many schools, statutory provisions were revised authorizing the Office of Education (OE) to regulate institutions participating in the program. Implications of this regulatory responsibility are discussed. (LBH)

The study was designed to investigate the nature of college attendance patterns for male and female siblings who were both attending college. Patterns of family financial support for males and females were examined. (Author)