While the Sandinista government has streamlined Nicaraguan education and encouraged expansion, many say that material and methodological shortcomings are threatening the system. (MSE)

Harvard University's founding and development, reputation, famous graduates, presidents, and history of curricular innovation and change are outlined as it celebrates 350 years of existence. (MSE)

In anticipation of heavy faculty retirements in the next decade and the attractiveness of professional and high-technology careers, many institutions are recruiting and developing bright young liberal arts scholars today and looking at the resulting opportunities for curriculum change. (MSE)

Perspectives are offered on tax reform, administrative policies, budget deficits, state economies, and changing philosophies on the government role in higher education. Contributors include scholars, students, parents, administrators, and various government and foundation officials. (MSE)

Now in improved financial circumstances, the Ford Foundation has begun a major review of all of its grant-making and program activities in this country and around the world, an effort usually undertaken during a period of retrenchment rather than of increased resources. (MSE)

Community colleges are making more aggressive and sophisticated efforts to raise funds from private sources because of federal, state, and local funding cutbacks, and some institutions are having substantial success. (MSE)

Among the activities at Colorado College in late-summer preparation for the coming academic year are organization of the freshman orientation program focusing on the topic of prejudice, residence hall adviser training, and faculty research. (MSE)

The National Governors' Association has called on all colleges and universities, public and private, to start comprehensive programs to measure what undergraduates learn, and has recommended that states financially reward institutions starting assessment efforts. (MSE)

The chairman of the National Governors' Association summarizes the group's report entitled "Time for Results: The Governors' 1991 Report on Education" and discusses the governors' role in the current state of public and teacher education, in the movement for change, and in maintaining momentum for continued improvement. (MSE)

The text is provided of the National Governors' Association report on the quality of undergraduate education, the state role, student assessment as a means of measuring educational quality, institutions that have implemented successful assessment programs, and the actions needed of governors, legislatures, coordinating and governing boards, and…

The text is provided of the National Governors' Association's report on the state of teaching and teacher education, state efforts to date, the state role in improving the status and education of teachers, national policy to support teaching, and actions for governors to take in recruiting, educating, and keeping good teachers. (MSE)

A table lists institutions of higher education that have sold all or part of their holdings in companies with operations in South Africa. Most of the institutions that have partially divested use the Sullivan Principles, which set equal-employment standards for U.S. corporations, as a guideline. (MLW)

Tables show the average salaries of college faculty by rank and by their major fields. Data are based on reports from 262 public institutions that are members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and from 440 private colleges and universities. (MLW)

Support is reported for the proposals of the Carnegie Task Force on Teaching as a Profession for sweeping reforms of the public schools and the teaching profession, including rigorous national teacher certification, emphasis on liberal arts in teacher education and increased graduate study, and improvements in conditions of the profession. (MSE)

The states in which educational policy issues are expected to be a topic of debate in upcoming gubernatorial races are listed, and the issues are outlined. (MSE)