Providing child care for employees will become increasingly important. In nationwide survey of four-year institutions, nearly three-quarters of the 73 institutions that responded said they contributed in some way to child care for their students and employees. (MLW)

EDUCOM, a consortium of more than 500 colleges and universities involved in computing, favors the establishment of a review process that would help professors identify useful computer programs and promote the recognition of software development as a scholarly activity worthy of credit toward tenure and promotion. (MLW)

A gathering of anarchists, communists, socialists, communitarians, social democrats, gay-rights activists, and other radical groups at the National Student Convention broke up with little to agree upon. Students differed over whether they should forbid the inclusion of Marxist-Leninist groups. (MLW)

Interest in the Far East has fueled dramatic increases in the past three years in the number of students taking classes in Japanese and Chinese. Many are studying these languages in conjunction with courses on business or economics in the hope that proficiency in the language will lead to lucrative jobs in international business. (MLW)

To help improve the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics's image, its leaders have proposed a package of restrictive measures for consideration at its annual meeting. The regulations would set freshman-eligibility standards, tighten academic-progress rules, put limits on sports seasons and financial aid, and create competitive…

Higher education cannot successfully pursue policies of both dispersing and concentrating minority and female faculty members. Were nationally uniform hiring goals actually achieved, most minority faculty members would have to move from the colleges where they are now teaching. (MLW)

A recent survey of federal government officials, corporate leaders in charge of personnel and research, and journalists found dramatically different views in some areas, but agreement in concern about college costs, financing, and lack of government spending for research. Most felt college is a fair value for the cost. (MSE)

Soviet and American scientists met at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, discussed recent research developments in a variety of disciplines and some controversial issues in science, and showed new willingness to exchange scientific information with the United States and other countries. (MSE)

Marilyn Yarbrough, the University of Tennessee's new law school dean, has impressive credentials, a reputation as an excellent administrator, and interests in increasing minority representation in law and reducing the financial burden of law students. (MSE)

The little attention given to ethics and ethical behavior in computer science is seen as part of a larger problem, student ignorance of the profession. (MSE)

President Reagan abandoned his seven-year effort to make drastic reductions in federal spending on education, recommending record high amounts for programs aiding colleges and students. However, the administration suggested curtailments in some programs, including college construction and renovation. (MSE)

Fiscal 1987 actual, fiscal 1988 actual, and fiscal 1989 requested budgets for higher education through the Department of Education and other federal agencies are presented. Student, institutional, and specific program assistance budgets are listed. (MSE)

The uses the University of Michigan makes of its federal aid dollars, and the sources of that support, are outlined and a general comparison to the situations of other institutions is made. (MSE)

State governors' comments about higher education in their state of the state addresses include the effects of recent reforms, in-state retention of students, education and industry's needs, high college costs, academic preparation for college, faculty dissatisfaction, statewide cohesiveness, efficiency, economic development, and governance reform.…

The chancellor of the University of Massachusetts has reached agreement with Black student protesters who were angered by recent alleged racial incidents on campus. Demands included suspension of students and an employee involved in the incidents, cultural support, revision of the student code, and increased minority enrollments. (MSE)