A recent international conference of Internet users highlighted the empowerment the computerized information network promises to countries around the world and some of the difficulties faced in promoting access, particularly in developing countries and former members of the Soviet Union. (MSE)

California State University is exploring use of advancing technology to accommodate a student population that will grow rapidly in the near future. Demonstration projects under way include multicampus databases of art and biology teaching materials; an electronically delivered business administration program incorporating courses from different…

The 33 universities currently under National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctions for violations of association regulations are listed, with violations and penalties specified. Infractions of standards for eligibility, coach behavior, student aid and benefits, recruitment, and academic achievement in a variety of intercollegiate sports…

Throughout Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the number of female athletes rose 5% from 1996-1997 to 1997-1998. Spending on scholarships for women increased 14%; for men it was up 10%. However, women are still far less likely than men to participate in intercollegiate sports. Participation rates and trends at 306…

In an attempt to restore confidence in a governance structure tarnished by an ongoing football scandal, Southern Methodist University has abolished its board of governors dominated by Dallas businessmen and will consider a permanent and substantial restructuring plan. (MSE)

A plan to increase institutional revenues through intercollegiate athletics is strongly backed by a committee of campus and community leaders but opposed by many students and faculty as misguided. (MSE)

Student Pugwash, an international group of students who discuss important issues of science and technology and to explore the role of the individual in dealing with those issues, taking an interdisciplinary approach to its inquiry and exchange, meets regularly in a central conference and on many campuses. (MSE)

A confidential national survey of Division I athletics departments (n=87 universities) conducted by the University of Texas (Austin) found men's basketball coaches the highest-paid, with football coaches second. The report contains blind lists of salaries and compensation packages paid to each of 70 employee categories (administrators, coaches,…

At a nine-day UNESCO-sponsored conference in Geneva, educational and political leaders, most from developing nations, called for an international campaign to make higher education a more effective tool for economic and social progress, urging the expansion of basic and vocational education. (MSE)

A far-reaching plan to create a European system of higher education, complementing development of a single economic market, is near approval. Eventually, curricula, standards, policies, and financing would converge in member countries. The political mood is currently supportive, and the plan would extend existing successful cooperative…

Reports on a trend at community colleges to recruit underachieving high school students in their "bridge" or "dual enrollment" programs. Also reports that 25 community colleges in 10 states have high schools on their campuses for high-risk teenagers. Notes problems of financing such programs despite their success in exposing students to college…

Salaries of head coaches in college sports are rising, but a large salary gap remains between coaches of men's and women's teams. In a national ranking of institutions by salary averages, men's coaches at the median institution made 43% more than women's coaches. Some institutions provide more salary equity than others. The Justice Department is…

Twenty-one institutions sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association are listed, with the dates of probation, relevant sports, sanctions, and grounds for action noted. (MSE)

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards will be making decisions this academic year that could have a significant impact on state education policies and teacher-education programs. Some developments could include more collaboration between colleges and schools, testing of prospective teachers, scrutiny of education-school curricula,…

Female athletes and women's sports administrators have joined a broad coalition of civil rights groups lobbying for passage of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, to counteract the effects of a 1984 Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the scope of federal antidiscrimination laws and endangered women's opportunities in intercollegiate…