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

The establishment, growth, and purposes of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities are reviewed with emphasis on the organization's role in helping solve the financial crisis of the independent sector. (LBH)

The new director of the National Institute of Education, Thomas K. Glennan, Jr., describes the institute and its functions. (PG)

The President's proposal to establish a Federally financed foundation to stimulate academic reform has produced interesting ideological and political alignments. (Editor)

Discusses the Office of Science and Technology, the Office of Management and Budget, and Research Applied to National Needs of the National Science Foundation and their roles in determining policy during the period of steady-state in science. (PG)

The appointment of David Mathews, a 39-year-old Southerner and respected educator, as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare is reviewed with reference to his position on various issues and substantial hope and confidence among educational leaders that he will "deliver education from the bureaucratic doldrums." (JT)

Discusses whether the President can impound or withold funds appropriated by Congress for higher education. (PG)

Private higher education institutions will benefit very little from the Senate's approved higher education bill. (HS)

Great Britain is in a severe budget crisis, causing more serious problems for higher education than for other sectors of the economy. Cuts have been applied to individual universities and programs unevenly. Dissention within higher education has resulted, and the unique higher education financing system is at the controversy's center. (MSE)

The article describes the organization of German higher education; summarizes current issues in German higher education (university overcrowding, length of study, and faculty and scientific manpower); and identifies particular issues related to reunification including revising and updating the curriculum, "harmonizing" student-faculty…

The federal government has initiated attempts to establish a leadership and facilitating role for career education, encouraged by President Ford. Other federal efforts to bring labor, business, and education into a more integrated framework are also discussed. (Author/PG)

Federal involvement in higher education is due to increase if a cabinet-level Department of Education becomes a reality. Important issues about higher federal visibility and an increased share of the budget are addressed by the president of the Institute for Educational Leadership. (LBH)

Discussed is the new conservatism that is reflected in American economic circles today. Economists and organizations that are responsible for this new vitality in procapitalist economics are highlighted, including Arthur Laffer, Milton Friedman, William Allen, and Frederich Hayek. (JMD)

Carter's proposed cabinet-level Department of Education would consolidate the grant programs, job training, early childhood education, literacy training, and other functions scattered throughout the government. This former assistant secretary of HEW supports the plan and offers suggestions for its effectiveness. (LBH)

Four opinions are presented concerning the controversy over state/federal government responsibility for higher education. (Editor/PG)