Describes the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program, authorized in the 1972 Education Amendments. (Author/PG)

The Nixon administration's proposed budget for higher education is examined. (PG)

Issues considered by the House Postsecondary Education Subcommittee, chaired by William Ford, during hearings on the Higher Education Act of 1980 are outlined briefly, including the Basic and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and Guaranteed Student Loan Programs, community service and continuing education, library programs, and research…

Explores how U.S. higher education's number one position over the last century is threatened as institutions struggle to deal with rising expectations from students and employers, which are producing chronic fiscal problems feared to be eroding the quality of teaching and research. (EV)

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has been very successful in emphasizing informal channels of research through public TV, libraries, museums and historical societies while continuing traditional, university-based research in the humanities. (Author/PG)

The research grants program of the National Institute of Education (NIE) that was to receive up to 15 Percent of the fledgling agency's budget under plans announced less than 4 months ago, will be virtually wiped out by a drastic budget cut imposed by senators. (Author)

Charles W. Lee, the executive secretary of the Committee for Full Funding of Education Programs, describes the committee's actions and problems. (PG)

Financial problems are causing many university presses to close down their publication of scholarly books and articles. (HS)

Discusses the recently passed Higher Education Act and its potential implications. (HS)

Eisenhower College, after a period of financial ups and downs, is now financially solvent but has a decreased student enrollment. (KE)

Discusses recent budget cuts at the National Institute of Education and their ramifications. (PG)