An interview with the Department of Education's Secretary Shirley Hufstedler reveals her viewpoints on higher education's problems and their solutions and her own goals and priorities as the first secretary. Minority students, access to education, financial pressures facing institutions, and burdens on institutions trying to administer federal…

An interview with the new president of the American Council on Education (ACE), Stanley O. Ikenberry, elicits his thoughts on current challenges facing higher education, upcoming changes for ACE, policy issues, student learning outcomes, educational technology, affirmative action, the relationship of higher education to the corporate world,…

In an interview, Amitai Etzioni discusses the difficult economic and social decisions facing higher education today, expresses his opinions about government role in education, content of college curricula as they are used to meet social needs, preparation within colleges for the immediate future, faculty tenure, and balancing budgets. (MSE)

An interview with Secretary of Education Bell is presented. Federal regulation, tuition tax credits, how proposed legislation might effect higher education, and how the Department of Education might be restructured are discussed. The Secretary hopes to reverse the trend toward federal control of education. (MLW)