The need for student part-time employment to defray educational expenses led to the establishment of the Job Locator and Development program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Goals of the program are: to identify and develop off-campus part-time employment, and to assist students in securing employment. (MLW)

Higher education is seen as having had a good decade in the '70s, but changes that have occurred include: the rise of the public sector, regulation, more public money, larger institutions, decline in public confidence, enrollment rate shifts, aging faculty, "defensive" posture, new students, and new market orientation. (Author/MLW)

A survey to determine the content, structure, objectives, and organization of death curricula in American medical schools is presented. Topics discussed include curriculum development, funding, faculty and patient roles, learning resources, and curriculum research. (Author/JMD)

Since 1978, the Diocese of Oakland, California, has operated the Family Aid-Catholic Education (FACE) program, which raises funds from local businesses and philanthropic organizations to provide partial tuition assistance to deserving low income families and to offer supplemental funding for innovative programing to inner-city Catholic schools.…

Economic realities are seen as dominating the educational landscape, but many colleges are meeting the challenge. They are finding new ways to manage money, gather information, and harness energy. Enrollment, endowments, philanthropy, federal and state appropriations, corporate giving, cooperative groups, libraries and information technology, and…

University-based postsecondary research centers are discussed and issues of concern to these researchers are reviewed. A coalition of university researchers is viewed as important for combatting the lack of attention to higher education research. Two models for a coalition are discussed. (SF)

The data results and the findings on tenure for all of the four major Carnegie Classifications of institutions combined are summarized. Data on current tenure policies and practices are reported from 42 percent of the institutions participating in a College and University Personnel Association study. (MLW)

Data on current tenure policies and practices at comprehensive universities and colleges are reported and analyzed, including information on: governance roles in the tenuring process; relationship of tenure to funding sources; relationships of faculty ranks and tenure; and the relationship of tenure and promotion decisions. (MLW)

Presidents of community and junior colleges face some critical issues and questions regarding their athletics programs, including program financing, recruitment, women's programs, and concerns about the National Junior College Athletic Association. Leadership and involvement by presidents in addressing these issues is the key to quality athletics…

The veterinary diagnostic laboratory's prime role has been diagnosis and/or laboratory findings to assist a diagnosis. Interpretation and evaluation and more involvement with decision-making in monitoring groups of animals and their health status are seen as future roles for diagnostic laboratories. (MLW)

Reed College, a small, liberal arts college with high academic distinction, is described. Faculty participate in virtually all policy decisions and are hired and promoted according to the quality of their teaching. Its finances are improved, but it is still underfinanced and too heavily dependent on tuition income. (MLW)

Student financial aid programs have become significant elements in governmental aid to postsecondary education. The effect of the regulations stemming from the Education Amendments of 1976 and succeeding regulations will serve to increase an already heavy administrative burden in institutional management of student financial aid programs. (MLW)

Emphasizing the family as the center of political/policy debates is the result of the tradition of romanticizing family virtues and a set of events ("the sixities"). Author sees the family emerging as a symbol in communal social policy development. Warns of dangers inherent in seeking private solutions to collective problems. (Author/CSS)

Describes services, programs, and funding for the various senior centers in Frankin County, New York, which has a predominately rural, low-income population. Services include bus transportation, nutrition programs, health and financial assistance, and social events. (MF)

Undergraduate technology and business students at the Polytechnic of Wales (United Kingdom) participated in multi-disciplinary team projects to experience real life business challenges and develop competences that employers expect in professionals. Lists characteristics of successful multi-disciplinary projects, discusses cost and industry…