To solve expensive problems with dwindling funds calls for better ideas, such as: faculty retraining; sharing remedial work with the high schools; reduction of redundancy through cross-registration; a 12-month calendar; computerized information; and ascertaining students' hopes. (Editor/LBH)

A Colloquium on Government and Higher Education resulted in this appeal, containing four steps trustees can take to deal with the increasing problem of the governmental presence. Focus is on ways in which trustees can provide policy guidance to their institutions to preserve their individual characteristics and independence of action. (Author/LBH)

Capital renewal--repair and replacement of facilities--is discussed, as well as inflation, government regulation, changing technology, and financing. A national inventory of campus needs, based on standard definitions and methodologies, and survey and evaluation of current renewal and replacement policies are advocated. (Author/MLW)

Too much legislation and government regulation, combined with the tendency of some trustees to put other goals ahead of their institution's best interests, threaten to significantly erode the power of governing boards of institutions of higher education. (Author/JMD)

A cooperative, interinstitutional plan offering individual tuition accounts based on lump-sum payments as a means of saving for college expenses is proposed as an alternative to loan options, savings bonds, and tuition futures. (MSE)

In this labor-intensive area, faculty ratios and instructional costs are rising. As service revenues become crucial, they are threatened by federal efforts to contain medical care costs. The economic effectiveness of research and sponsored service activities is difficult to determine due to a lack of accounting tools. (Editor/LBH)

Under federal regulation, all friable asbestos must be removed from buildings before undertaking major renovation or demolition. The American Council on Education is filing a national voluntary class action suit to recover from asbestos manufacturers the costs of removing asbestos-containing materials. (MLW)

Higher education, it is suggested, should accept some federal cutbacks, but cuts that threaten research or push too many students away from careers with social responsibility do national harm. Leadership on campuses is needed to institute reforms where needed, and to encourage student's ethical sensitivity. (Author/MLW)

A slowdown and even rollback of the government intrusion can be brought about if the higher education community adopts a basic commitment to the development of credible self-regulating mechanisms. One area that needs attention is accreditation. (Editor/LBH)

The Education Amendments of 1972 will be credited with triggering the deregulation of American higher education. The law broke higher education's monopoly on granting degrees because it allowed an array of institutions and organizations to press for degree-granting status from state licensure boards (MLW)

Today's specialized accrediting threatens to strangle general and liberal education, to dissipate public confidence in voluntary accreditation, and to increase the danger of governmental intrusion. The need for adoption of voluntary national guidelines on admissions and recruitment practices is advocated. (Author/MLW)

Questions and answers by the Association of American Universities address some issues in the complex matter of indirect costs for research projects, including the different kinds of costs, federal treatment of them, the federal indirect cost system, cost allocation, the memorandum of understanding, variation among institutions' costs, and cost…

Seven weaknesses of accreditation are described: long intervals between site visits, automatic accreditation of branches, weak penalties, inadequate public disclosure, inadequate enforcement, leadership shortcomings, and problems with program evaluation. (Author/MLW)

The government is now cooperating with higher education in an effort to reduce unnecessary intrusion and red tape. Aims include: (1) having a single federal agency collect all the data from the campus; (2) reduce the total number of forms; and (3) eliminate the collection of data that is not really used. (Author/LBH)

Three viewpoints on the Reagan budget are presented. Administration spokesman Albert L. Alford identifies the benefits of bringing inflation under control by halting the growth of student aid; John D. Phillips expects a reduction in new enrollment in the independent sector; and Aims C. McGuinnes recommends that trustees regain control over their…