This summary report is one of a series addressing major policy, management, or program issues facing Congress and the administration. The issues identified in this report indicate the need to: reduce the cost and preserve the integrity of higher education student loan and grant programs; enhance the federal role in monitoring lenders, agencies,…

This collection of four Senate Rostrum newsletters discusses the various issues of interest to faculty in California community colleges. The September 1997 issue addresses such topics as welfare reform, technology mediated instruction, academic standards, an annual gathering of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges entitled the…