At a conference sponsored by the Oklahoma governor and state legislature, educators and politicians met to define goals for the college system. Colleges were urged to: meet the needs of nontraditional, older students, increase involvement with the public schools, recruit minority faculty, and better educate those involved in governance. (MLW)

The Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the new governor are in conflict over proposals for budget-cutting in the declining state economy and over payments received by the chancellor after leaving a college presidency. (MSE)