Public colleges and universities are seeking the authority to issue millions of dollars' worth of bonds to pay for construction projects. These requests are emerging as one of the major higher-education issues in legislative sessions this year. (MLW)

A panel of educators, business leaders, and government officials convened by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), recommends massive, state-by-state educational change by increasing the proportion of American college graduates, giving public institutions major responsibility for teacher education, and encouraging…

University extension services, patterned after agricultural extension services, collect and disseminate results of new research and go to businesses and industry to help solve technical and other problems. They are offered by many state and land-grant universities and some private institutions but are not well known. (MSE)

Bad economic times and the election of a staunchly conservative governor have forced Wisconsin university officials and government leaders into controversy over the future of the University of Wisconsin System. (MSE)

Reviews court decisions related to the limited constitutional rights of tenured faculty members in State-supported institutions of higher education who face dismissal based on institutional necessity. Considers court opinions on what qualifies as "financial exigency" and "bona fide dismissal," and describes actions taken by the…

Higher education officials in economically depressed Alaska are proceeding with a plan to merge the state's community colleges with the three-campus university system despite vigorous lobbying by community college advocates and substantial local support for the community colleges. (MSE)

Cost overruns of thousands of dollars on the president's official residence, the existence of a $70-million reserve fund, an administrator accused of embezzlement, and another official allegedly plagiarizing a speech were some of the controversies that have eroded the confidence in the University of Minnesota among legislators, alumni and the…

This report presents findings, conclusions, and recommendations from a study of capital planning space standards and guidelines for classrooms, academic offices, research laboratories, and teaching laboratories in California. The report addresses the second and third of the study's three key objectives which were accomplished through three…

The study reviewed the legal relationship between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member institutions and the national reform movement in intercollegiate athletics, and proposed legislation that would mandate due process guarantees in all association proceedings with its member institutions. Legal research confirmed…

Describes the structure and scope of California's public postsecondary education system and discusses: (1) recurrent education within this system; (2) the recent "taxpayers' revolt"; (3) the impact of Proposition 13 on recurrent education; and (4) the difficulties faced by recurrent education because of new public expenditure priorities…

Administrators at the University of Colorado at Boulder are seeking aggressive solutions to its very small Black population's problems of social isolation, threats to ethnic identity, and stereotypes. (MSE)

Summarizes findings about consistently low Latino admission eligibility for the University of California. Raises concerns about the role of standardized tests in determining eligibility and suggests alternatives that would allow admission criteria to be reconsidered in the current post-affirmative action era. (Author/GCP)

This report from the California Postsecondary Education Commission presents six proposals as its first priorities during the upcoming deliberations on the 1990-91 California State budget, along with three additional proposals if new monies become available. The proposals are as follows: (1) supporting full funding of the base budgets and…

This report from the California Postsecondary Education Commission presents the chief rationale for each of the proposed regulations concerning degree-granting private postsecondary institutions in California under Chapter 3 Part 59 of the Education Code. It is submitted for consideration by California's new Council for Private Postsecondary and…

After negotiation with Rev. Jesse Jackson, University of Michigan officials have agreed to meet student demands to increase black enrollment, improve services for blacks, and deal more swiftly with incidents of bigotry on campus. (MSE)