The disproportionate flow of federal money to white institutions has added to inequities of state funding, and reduced federal appropriations now threaten further desegregation efforts. Past interaction between college desegregation and federal aid can provide clues to future legislative and judicial strategies for maximizing educational choice.…

A survey of male Ph.D.s in chemistry and psychology at selective liberal arts colleges showed the publication rate of department colleagues to be positively related to current publication productivity of the focal faculty member. Colleagues influenced research activity of faculty with low prior research levels, but not higher prior levels.…

An introductory course required of all new doctoral students in higher education at the University of Pittsburgh is a two-term, multiple-credit course that involves 50 students and 25 faculty annually. The seminar's purposes, instruction, and organization are described and related to substantive issues of program curriculum. (Author/MSE)

The 1910 publication, "Great American Universities," provides a point of departure for three recent studies by Rosenzweig, Moos, and Prichard of the university and its role in public policy. A marked shift in tone from the energy, optimism, and public curiosity earlier attributed to the American university is noted. (Author/MSE)

Other areas of historical study are seen to provide opportunities for insight into higher education in the last decade. Educational historians could be helped to synthesize recent educational changes by reference to social, political, family, and cultural history. A bibliography is included. (MSE)

It is concluded that there is need for more research on the internal history of higher education institutions in England, on educational ideals, and on the relation of the university to society as a whole. Study of institutional administration is seen as the most important but least considered area. (MSE)

The history and activities of Cornell University's Cornell Women Graduates Association are described. The organization had as its primary purposes to keep a woman on the board of trustees and to protect the interests of women students in housing, job opportunities, and campus activities and publications. (MSE)

The History Group of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) meets annually, solicits papers, and publishes a newsletter. ASHE also offers a Dissertation of the Year Award. The History of Education Society has two awards for outstanding research and publication by graduate students and professionals. (MSE)

(NOTE: See HE 512 216 for journal name change information.) The findings, methodology, and policy implications presented in Astin's longitudinal study of college students, are reviewed by four higher education scholars. These include J. Bruce Francis, Gerald Gurin, Arthur W. Chickering, and G. Lester Anderson. (SF)

Rate of return studies address the economic benefit realized by persons making individual investments in higher education and the economic benefit realized by society as a whole as a result of making investments in higher education instruction. Data strongly support the public policy of continuing social investment in higher education. (MLW)

A study of the effectiveness of a training program for selected mathematics faculty aimed at improving student achievement in a basic mathematics course is described. The assumption that extremely successful learners are qualified teachers is seen as erroneous. (MLW)

The relation between residence arrrangement and college attendance patterns was studied. The degree to which the nature of the group with whom a freshman college student lives may influence that student's decision to continue enrollment into the sophomore year was assessed. (MLW)

Five issues that emerge in most evaluation processes and that have direct consequences for use of results are identified: the dilemma of multiple purposes, the value of criteria, overscheduling, the linkage between evaluation and decision-making, and evaluating process effectiveness. (Author/MLW)

The idea that people committing themselves to lifetime careers in academe should take some coursework in higher education retains its appeal; but that appeal has rarely grown so strong as to cause courses in higher education to become part of the graduation requirement for advanced degrees. (MLW)

Two higher education finance systems with a common cultural heritage are compared. The characteristics of each from the last 20 years are described and suggestions for the future are offered. (Author/MLW)