Summaries of rules changes passed at the annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association are presented. Changes occurred in academics, financial aid, amateurism, championships and extra events, membership and classification, enforcement, recruiting, eligibility, and playing seasons. (MLW)

Calculus provides the language for expressing the differential equations that govern change and also the methods for solving them. In order to insure that more Americans qualify for science-related careers, the way calculus is taught must change. (MLW)

The American Council on Education has called on colleges and universities to adopt 15 policies concerning personnel and women's studies aimed at improving the status of women on campus and adapting to changing role expectations. (MSE)

Congress has quietly approved millions of dollars for campus research projects not subjected to traditional merit reviews. The wisdom of allowing legislators to direct federal money to specific campuses is questioned less and less, and the practice is more prevalent than ever. (MSE)

A resurgence of racist incidents in the last few years has caused educators concern about hostility to Blacks on campuses. Some colleges have begun programs to sensitize students, faculty, and administrators to racial issues. (MSE)

The latest epidemic, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), is ending an unprecedented interval of optimism about medicine's ability to conquer illness. (MSE)

A historical tendency to exclude Blacks and other ethnic groups such as the Cajuns from the study of Southern history is changing, but some historians warn against distorting the past and its distinction between cultures. (MSE)

Colleges such as Centre College of Kentucky, faced with changing demographics and finances, are increasingly using strategic planning techniques, and the results are beginning to become apparent in better organizational coordination and focus. (MSE)

A recent meeting of college deans revealed their major concerns to be faculty relations, how to fairly represent both the administration and the faculty, response to inappropriate faculty requests, adjusting faculty workloads fairly, getting faculty support for curriculum changes, staying current in their academic disciplines, and making career…

A list of specific campus projects that Congress has directed federal agencies to support this year includes controversial projects (so-called pork barrel projects) for which the agencies did not request funding or sponsor competitions. (MSE)

A group of college presidents has decided to expand campus public-service programs by encouraging college students to tutor disadvantaged young people, mentoring fourth through ninth graders in danger of not graduating from high school. (MSE)

The University of California at Berkeley, with a tradition of supporting social change, is openly confronting serious racial issues. Black students and others support the institution's new public stand against racism. (MSE)

The movement to reform college athletics programs has been least well implemented in the institutions at which it was aimed, those sponsoring the largest and most expensive programs. Some blame the institutions for lack of courage in making changes that would restrict their competitiveness. (MSE)

A survey of 24 research universities suggests that contrary to expectations of a faculty surplus, changing demands for different disciplines could further compound a projected shortage of scholars in some fields. (MSE)

While some teachers think cable television broadcasts of congressional proceedings reveal how public policy is made, others feel it is not a representative view, has limited access, and contains little useful material for the time required to obtain it. (MSE)