Investigations by the Internal Revenue Service of scholarships awarded by Harvard University suggest a trend toward more stringent enforcement of reporting requirements concerning taxable income received by college students from scholarships. (DB)

The Internal Revenue Service is finding that a number of colleges have failed to withhold proper amounts of tax from employees, evaded required payments of unrelated-business income tax, allowed students to avoid paying certain Social Security taxes, and allowed foreign students to avoid tax withholding on most income. (MSE)

The Department of Education's announcement of new policy concerning the evaluation of college desegregation efforts could affect the monitoring of compliance in several states in which court-ordered desegregation plans have expired. The higher standards are based on the 1992 Supreme Court ruling, United States v. Fordice. (MSE)

The Ivy League colleges, formally charged with violating federal antitrust laws, agreed to stop setting joint financial-aid policies and sharing information about aid packages. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology denies violating any laws. A group of 23 prestigious institutions, the Overlap Group, have collaborated annually on financial aid.…

A Supreme Court ruling found that federal programs or policies based on race must meet a legal test of strict scrutiny, requiring the program to demonstrate a compelling government interest and be narrowly tailored. Legal experts suggest that few federal affirmative action programs currently meet the standard. (MSE)

With nearly 1 in 11 of first-year college students reporting a disability, colleges are responding in different ways, from policies to architecture. Activists for the disabled say the first serious efforts date to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Educators see high cost and educational issues as barriers to compliance. The law is not…

This article examines the impact on institutions of higher education, particularly in 19 southern and border states, from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on how the states must show they have removed vestiges of past segregation. Its impact on affirmative action, admissions criteria, and redistricting are examined. (GLR)

A federal judge has ordered Alabama's two public, historically black universities to enroll more whites as part of a statewide effort to reduce racial segregation in public colleges. Critics are offended by the judge's comments that the colleges' black heritage discourages white enrollment. The ruling also contained some more welcome results,…