A Catholic men's college suffering from declining enrollments and financial problems became coeducational, redefined its governance system, reorganized its program structure, generated new cash reserves, and expanded its offerings beyond the traditional liberal arts concept, resulting in substantial gains in institutional strength. (MSE)

The University of Paris X (Nanterre) is an example of how government budgetary problems and the resulting emphasis on labor market needs affect the finance and functioning of the institution and of the current instability of the university's role in society. (MSE)

Discusses the relationships between fiscal stress in California public schools after the passage of Proposition 13 and high school curricular changes. Reports that school staff and parents interviewed in California's Big Eight districts perceived reduced course offerings in similar areas and understood the intimate ties between financial pressures…

A survey of 96 faculty in 12 medical schools showed that faculty average 48.6 minutes a week discussing personal problems with students. The most common problems concern finances, emotional health, and interactions with faculty. Techniques used include listening, questioning, sympathy, and empathy. (MSE)

Thirty two-year and four-year colleges and universities from among the 91 serving the largest percentage of Native American students were surveyed as a follow-up to a similar survey in 1988. The purpose was to obtain data on Native Americans enrolled in higher education and to ascertain what factors contribute to their success or failure. It was…

Effects of fiscal retrenchment on innovation and efficiency in school district governance are examined. It is concluded that, in spite of inconsistencies and inequities, the local political process is the most appropriate mechanism for resolving local school district problems. (CJ)

Trustees, it is suggested, should keep an eye out for burgeoning short-term debt, over-optimistic income estimates, hidden enrollment problems, student attrition, and loss of special revenue sources. The absolute size of a college is seen as a factor in making the decision to close. (MLW)

Educational policy has been directed toward assuring students access to some form of postsecondary education regardless of their financial or socioeconomic circumstances. Trends in enrollments of low-income freshman students are examined. Evidence indicates that college access by low-income students may have reached a plateau. (MLW)

Describes the federal reporting requirements of faculty time on federally sponsored research projects, their context, uses made of the figures, and reasons advanced for objecting to such reports. (Author/SK)

Discusses the impact of graduate education on marital and family relations, and finances. Concludes that the graduate school experience produces familial stress and is potentially destructive to family life, especially for married female students, and suggests the need for college student personnel intervention and research. (Author)

The decline in the number of federally related jobs is threatening public policy schools and policy analysis is experiencing a loss of esteem. If this trend continues, the quality of students interested in public policy schools may be diluted. (MLW)

Explores problems faced by the community junior college, including inflation, rising enrollments, expanding services, and open admissions; transfer policies from secondary and to university levels; faculty qualifications; management and accountability. Major trends are increased nontraditional students, alternate educational forms, decreased…

College and university libraries, it is suggested, must cooperate as budgets dwindle and the need for more new periodicals escalates. A national periodical center modeled after the British National Lending Library is suggested, along with library automation at central storage libraries. (Author/MLW)

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…

Examined are the educational problems facing Nigeria, with its ethnic and religious diversity, since the civil war of 1967-70. The most promising project is the Universal Primary Education scheme under which primary education is free of charge and all primary-aged children will be in school by 1981. (KC)