If inflation and unemployment remain low, then average annual increases in total student charges should continue to drop. The key to slower growth in student charges is sustained low inflation rates. The return of high unemployment or dramatic cuts in need-based federal student aid programs could upset the balance. (MLW)

Economic factors have had a significant impact in lowering the attainments of minority groups in graduate education. A sluggish market for college teachers, high costs of graduate education, limited financial support, and more lucrative opportunities in other fields have lured many minorities out of the Ph.D. pipeline. (MLW)

Student-faculty ratios from 1970-1976 at 34 institutions covered by collective bargaining contracts do not indicate decreases in the number of students per full-time faculty member. Further research is suggested to determine if there is an increase in the use of part-time faculty at these schools and to investigate the lack of nonpecuniary gains…