Computer viruses are programs that propagate themselves from disk to disk and destroy programs or information files. Several universities have recently reported virus outbreaks. Some suggestions for avoiding the viruses are provided. (MLW)

A law suit filed by a coalition of Hispanic civil rights and student groups to sue Texas and the boards of its public four-year colleges and universities is discussed. The state is charged with discriminating against Hispanic students by providing fewer programs and giving less money to public colleges with large Hispanic enrollments. (MLW)

The Javits fellowship program, designed to encourage students to enter the arts, humanities, and social sciences by offering fellowships that would allow them to attend prestigious institutions, is described. Some believe the Reagan Administration has delayed each competition because it wanted to abolish the Javits program. (MLW)

The intertwined fortunes of the Danforth Foundation and Washington University are discussed. The foundation has phased out its regular programs in higher education in favor of secondary education and regional projects, leaving for higher education only the Dorothy Danforth Compton Minority program and support of Washington University. (MLW)

College officials cite a desire to improve salaries and benefits of faculty and higher prices for library materials and computers as the main reasons for increases in tuition for next year. In recent years, tuition rates have outpaced inflation as measured by the Higher Education Price Index. (MLW)

Comments by David Brenneman, president of Kalamazoo College, suggest that some people judge quality by price, and a low price at a private college is not necessarily a sign of good management. Peer pressure is responsible for one or two percentage points of annual tuition increases of selective private colleges. (MLW)

High-school student achievement on college entrance examinations remained the same in 1987 despite spending increases Secretary of Education Bennett reported, quoting from a Department of Education survey on teacher salaries, pupil-teacher ratios, education spending, the proportion of students taking the Advanced Placement examinations, and…

Memphis businessman Avron Fogelman has established a foundation that will allow former Memphis State athletes who failed to graduate to pursue their education after their athletic eligibility has expired. He encourages former university athletes to return to college and assists the scholarship recipients in getting jobs. (MLW)

The Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court that the NCAA had violated Jerry Tarkanian's constitutional right to due process. The Court will focus on whether the NCAA acts as a governmental body when it regulates college sports. (MLW)

Persuading students to pursue graduate education in science and engineering, the vitality of universities, raising the level of technological literacy, and making more effective use of the results and insights of science are related components of the adequacy of the science-education system and its relevance to the country's needs. (MLW)

An excerpt from "A Voice from the South," the original text of the Black-feminist movement in the nineteenth century written by Anna Julia Cooper is presented. Cooper urges encouragement for the education of Black women. (MLW)

An annual survey found that, alhtough administrator salary increases at public colleges and universities exceeded the inflation rate, those at private institutions lagged behind, and many institutions targeted particular groups of employees for raises. As in the past, women and minority group members earned less than their White male counterparts.…

A new bill specifically states that an entire institution is covered by antidiscrimination laws if it receives any federal support. The bill was designed to counteract the effects of a 1984 Supreme Court decision involving Grove City College, and it applies to sex, age, disability, and racial discrimination laws. (MSE)

Scientists feel that progress in artificial intelligence and the availability of thousands of experimental results make this the right time to build and test theories on how people think and learn, using the computer to model minds. (MSE)

A group of faculty, scholars, and publishers were the first of several advisory panels to be convened to examine critically the role and direction of the humanities in the United States. (MSE)