When food prices skyrocketed last summer and fall, food service directors met the challenge with a variety of strategies from meatless meals to selling students on the concept of food conservation. (Author)

The Occupation Safety and Health Act (OSHA) has presented campus safety officers with new problems, but it is also offering them new potentials, which were explored at the recent national conference on Campus Security. (Editor)

A special purchasing group was formed by the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education with financial advantages. (Editor/HS)

Basic guidelines can help administrators find answers to questions about new construction techniques. (HS)

By concentrating expertise on costs, value engineering benefits the building as well as the budget. (Editor)

Proposes that the nature of institutional research has expanded as colleges and universities adapt to new challenges and conditions and that institutional researchers need to become knowledge industry analysts. Reviews the history of institutional research and identifies 21st century challenges, such as changing patterns of diversity and academic…

Among the 10 megatrends that will affect school food service in the future are population changes; computerized and automated kitchens; cost increases; school districts contracting to serve other community groups; fewer federal government controls; and higher teacher salaries, forcing changes in how students are taught. (MLF)

Describes differences between Canadian and American experiences with the implementation of accountability systems. Compared with the U.S. experience, school accountability is limited in Canada. Unlike the in the U.S., for example, Canada currently has no performance-incentive plans, personnel practices tied to achievement, value-added assessment,…

The Watergate Learning Center, recently opened by Sterling Learning Center in Washington, D. C., blueprints the plan established by Sterling and Marriott Hotels for a national chain of learning centers with much the same facilities. (EB)

Studied effects of the role of the campus career office, the importance of the recruiting form, and the content of provided company information on a student's employment choice. Explored variables used by students in making the final career choice. Suggests ways to make campus recruiting more successful. (BHK)

Presents observations of a U.S. college placement officer who participated in a careers conference in Japan. Describes changing desires of Japanese college students; hospitable treatment U.S. students received; their sightseeing experiences; the placement office at Waseda University; and the conference experience. (ABL)

It is argued that analysis of tuition and fees revenue contributions can enable colleges and universities to develop pricing, admissions, and student aid policies that produce desired financial outcomes. Long-term trends of three tuition and fees revenue contribution ratios are explained and illustrated. (MSE)