The text of a report by the National Commission on the Role and Future of State Colleges and Universities concerning the need for substantial improvement in the leadership of the sector is presented. (MSE)

The Association of American Colleges has made grants totaling $135,000 for the development of pilot courses relating to philanthropy and its role in shaping the history and character of American society, preparing students for civic responsibility and public service and helping to insure the future leadership of philanthropy. (MSE)

Charges that some elite colleges may be purposefully limiting the admission of persons of Asian descent are discussed. The charges, based largely on admissions statistics, have proved difficult to substantiate. The academic interests of Asian students are weighted toward science, making competition for admission in that area more difficult. (MLW)

The Ivy League was the product of a protest movement by eight college presidents who were dismayed by the growing professionalism of intercollegiate athletics. The league adopted two major tenets: athletes would be admitted under the same criteria as other students, and colleges would only provide need based financial aid. (MLW)

University administrators at George Mason University have aggressively solicited local corporations for donations to help finance faculty salaries in competitive fields such as engineering. They attribute their success to a "symbiotic relationship" with the Northern Virginia business community. (MLW)

The Hazen Foundation screens proposals, scouts projects in all parts of the country and annually funds three dozen programs and organizations. The foundation's overriding and continuing concern has been American youth and the environment and values that guide the development of young people. (MLW)

In the last two years, there has been an upswing in student activism, particularly due to complex political difficulties in Central America. Remarks by Abbie Hoffman at a conference of educators and students are discussed. (MLW)

Secretary of Education William J. Bennett has challenged colleges to curb their costs and is considering a federal policy that would reduce financial aid to students whose institutions increase their charges much beyond the inflation rate. He proposes that federal policy has fueled the college cost spiral. (MSE)

In an unprecedented agreement with the government, leaders of British universities have promised to tighten tenure requirements, raise academic standards, and increase the institutions' managerial efficiency in trade for a seven percent increase in the government's previously announced university funding for 1987. (MSE)

Nearly 40 percent of all Division I college basketball programs have either fired or lost their coaches in the last two years, reflecting instability in the profession and a shift in emphasis among institutions, favoring playing for program revenue over sports for education reasons. (MSE)

Two women's study of writing by women in the 20th century found unexpectedly bitter and persistent anxiety and female-male conflict and a common theme of confinement and suppression of emotions and thoughts. (MSE)

In response to criticism of its high fees paid to some visiting professors, the University of South Carolina has established a policy by which visiting professors can earn an annual income no larger than that of the highest-paid professor at the institution. (MSE)

Ninety of the 126 research institutions invited to become charter members of the Holmes Group, a coalition for reform of teacher education and the teaching profession, have accepted the invitation, 25 have rejected membership, and 11 were unable to reach a decision and have been granted an extension. The invited institutions and their status are…

A special committee studying possible changes in Texas higher education is considering a variety of politically troubling alternatives including institutional reclassifications, faculty salary and tenure changes, funding alternatives, restructured governance, and mergers and closings. (MSE)

Secretary of Education William Bennett's speech challenging colleges to curb rising costs and suggesting that federal policy for student aid will soon be linked to school cost containment is presented. (MSE)