Historians have been trying to counter the version of the Indian past found in traditional histories, which is often racist and usually written from a European perspective, but they have not yet agreed on what to replace it with. (MSE)

English studies, especially at the graduate level, have depended on coverage of an agreed-upon group of literary works, but new scholarly approaches have led some scholars to change that group, calling into question some basic tenets of graduate education in English and suggesting a need for new directions. (MSE)

West Virginia officials and Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. have been unable to reach agreement on how to accommodate a mandated late-in-the-year budget cut, with some officials questioning the move's legality and the governor rejecting the regents' proposed early closing for state colleges and universities. (MSE)

Since Montana's establishment of a state university system in 1893, residents have been divided over how many institutions are needed and what programs should be offered, but the situation is worsened by the state's current poor economic climate and the too-large system. (MSE)

Higher education officials in economically depressed Alaska are proceeding with a plan to merge the state's community colleges with the three-campus university system despite vigorous lobbying by community college advocates and substantial local support for the community colleges. (MSE)

Inspired by victories in the South African divestment movement and fueled by the Iran-Contra affair, student activists are intensifying the perennial crusade to ban Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recruiters from campuses, but other students dislike the interference and the CIA says that job-seekers are increasing. (MSE)

A fraternity publication at the University of Southern California features, gossip, advice, fashion tips, and its own brand of humor. (MSE)

The new basketball coach at the University of Maryland finds the difficult introduction to college athletics intensified by months of bad publicity for the institution. (MSE)

The letter of intent signed by college-bound high school athletes, which commits them to play their sport at a particular college and commits the institution to an athletic scholarship, is college sports' equivalent of a professional athlete's contract with his team. (MSE)

A year in which most college admissions officials had expected a drop in applicants, many colleges are reporting applications increases of up to 60 percent. On the surface, such figures are cause for celebration, but some feel they are both the product and the cause of current admissions uncertainty. (MSE)

The excitement and intense competition surrounding the search for new applications of superconductors resembles the entrepreneurial atmosphere of the early 1970s, when faculty were launching profitable companies based on developments in biotechnology and semiconductors. (MSE)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's proposed reductions in scholarships, affecting most non-revenue sports but sparing big-time football, are widely criticized for their disproportionate effects on women and minority groups. (MSE)

Lewis and Clark College has developed an international studies program featuring an international affairs symposium with international scholars, overseas study groups, a large foreign student population, substantial foreign language enrollments, and a large international affairs department. (MSE)

Legal experts doubt that special contract clauses will be able to protect institutions in negligence cases. (MSE)

Colleges are less willing to cooperate with the American Association of University Professors in its investigations of institutional violations of faculty's rights, and some criticize the organization's dual role as professional association and union. (MSE)