Excerpts from Cornell University president Frank H. T. Rhodes's recent speech calling for a return to college curricula that enhances students' intellectual and moral well-being, provides more educational coherence and breadth, and embodies a philosophy of commitment are presented. (MSE)

Proposals to change National Collegiate Athletic Association rules are summarized. They address such issues as academic standards and eligibility, recruiting, policy enforcement, program financial status, reporting, student financial aid, amateurism, membership, championships, and playing and practice seasons. (MSE)

Student costs for college will increase again next year, along with the debate over the need for the rapid rise. Issues such as the diminishing status of higher education among public and policymakers and proposed federal student aid changes pinned to school cost containment are sparking increased conflict. (MSE)

College administrators are beginning to think about the impact on institutional personnel management, and perhaps the whole tenure system, of the 1994 implementation of a federal law ending mandatory faculty retirement at 70. (MSE)

Higher education's leading national women's organizations are actively developing networks on large scales to translate the messages of the women's movement to higher education, linking women students, faculty, and administrators in a variety of endeavors including job placement, information sharing, and trouble-shooting. (MSE)

The job openings for college English and second-language faculty advertised through the Modern Language Association have increased by 50 percent over the 1984 number and include more full-time, tenure-track positions as contrasted with lecturer and instructor openings. (MSE)

While American higher education institutions are trying to provide increased educational opportunities for Black South Africans, Black South African leaders are concerned that some educational and financial aid programs are being hastily planned and ill-conceived. (MSE)

Clarkson University provides each student with a Zenith microcomputer, the cost covered by tuition, eliminating many problems of computer availability and opening doors in the curriculum that were previously closed. (MSE)

The League for Innovation in the Community College, a small group of community college presidents that helps to promote innovative and promising programs in two-year colleges by seeking funds and sharing resources, is criticized for being exclusive. (MSE)

State and Supreme Court litigation perpetuates the controversy over the role of creationism in the science classroom, and surveys reveal that many Americans continue to doubt the scientific validity of evolution theory and believe in equal classroom time for creationism. (MSE)

Dollar amounts of federal, state, industry, institutional, and other financial support for research in fiscal 1985 are reported for the top 91 receiving institutions individually and for all institutions together. (MSE)

A U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld significant portions of an arrangement allowing Rutgers University faculty to pay agency fees in lieu of union dues and still be covered by a collective bargaining contract, despite contention that aspects of the agreement violated their constitutional rights to free speech. (MSE)

The Kellogg Foundation's assets have more than doubled in two years, making it the country's third-largest grantmaker. The rapid growth has increased both opportunities and strains within the organization but pleases colleges and universities, who carry out 85 percent of its grants. (MSE)

Kingsborough Community College's New Start Program, designed to prevent dropping out, allows students on the verge of academic failure at three participating senior colleges to enroll as students in good standing, earn credits, and reenroll in any City University of New York senior college. (MSE)

George Mason University's new Patriot Center arena is built and owned by the university but managed and in part designed by operators of a local sports and entertainment complex. This allows the university to have the arena's benefits without having to learn the business of operating it. (MSE)