News concerning women students and staff at colleges and universities, equity in education, and nontraditional careers for women is presented. Specific topics include: sexual harassment litigation; surveys concerning sexual harassment within the university and in the federal workplace; a reverse discrimination case in which a white female applicant won a case against Florida A&M, which hired a black male who was unqualified for a teaching position; part-time employment patterns of female and male faculty; unemployment rates for women and men; child care in the workplace; a guide on sex discrimination for educational employees; a ruling that hiring salaries based on an applicant's previous earnings are biased against women; a major study of learning environment in women's colleges; women in Catholic higher education; a national program aimed at advancement of minority women; a guide on women's studies programs; and a ruling that schools cannot impose a blanket ban on coeducational contact sports. Information concerning nontraditional careers for women includes: an inventory of over 300 projects in science, mathematics, and engineering for women in the United States from 1966 to 1978; programs that high schools and colleges might sponsor to promote nontraditional careers for women; helping women enter or return to science as a career; a reentry consortium for women seeking to return to baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate programs and future employment; women in biomedical research; women in trade and technical occupations; freshmen women's attitudes concerning working women; a bibliographic update on women artists; and women and the media. An editorial on the state's role with regard to fostering educational equity is included. (SW)