Higher education in India has returned to normal after cessation of the declared Emergency by Indira Gandhi, with increased student and faculty militancy as well as the emergence of strong pressures for increased governmental control over the university. (LBH)

Second in a series of articles on the federal involvement in education, this article deals with the funding and control of academic research and biomedicine. Emphasis is on the relationship between government funding and government intervention, particularly in research universities and medical schools. (LBH)

Voluntary self-regulation through regional accrediting associations is under criticism from both federal and state centers. The charge is that the colleges in defensive times become easier on each other. It is claimed that with so much money coming from government, peer-evaluation of colleges cannot be trusted. (MLW)

Addressed are the issues of government/school relationship and the increasing centralization of postsecondary education. Drawing from the experiences of foreign countries, the value of institutional differentiation, and the need for planning and autonomous action for differentiation, coordination, and change are discussed. (JMD)

The Atlanta University Center, Inc., a consortium of six institutions (Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, Spelman, Atlanta University, and Interdenominational Theological Center) represents the world's largest nucleus of Black private higher education. Its background and the problems faced in dealing with each institution's desire for autonomy are…

Evangelical colleges have been unaffected by the academic revolution in which faculties, organized into departments, have increasingly obtained hegemony over a large and growing portion of the academic enterprise. These colleges are tuition-dependent, with relatively weak departments, allowing greater flexibility. Oral Roberts University, Berea…

Convinced that what the state touches it secularizes, a growing number of religious institutions are challenging the federal government and risking a reduction in federal funding. The cases of Wheaton College and Brigham Young University are described. (Editor/LBH)

Third in a series on the government's partnership with education, this article examines compliance costs in higher education, which seem to have had greater impact than the costs in industrial corporations. Focus is on the American Council of Education and Harvard cost studies, as well as the importance of indirect cost calculations, institutional…

A scandal relating to examination-fixing in the University of Bombay led to the resignation of its vice chancellor, followed by the chief minister of the state of Maharashtra. The intersection of politics and education, and the use of educational institutions for political or patronage purposes was at the heart of the problem. (MLW)

Accountability of higher education institutions is discussed in the context of recent criticism of the institutional accreditation system. It is suggested that institutions reevaluate their responsibilities and reaffirm appropriate core values; however, application of those values will be influenced by the principal clients: students, employers,…

Criticism of church-related colleges as ignoring or fighting the academic revolution is seen as too severe. Suggestions are made for closing the gap between the academic revolution and traditional institutional religious identity: intellectual pursuits must be affirmed, intellectual pluralism sought, theory critiqued, and the role as a valuing…

America's nonprofit sector is seen as being in deep trouble. Difficulties include: escalating labor costs, a disinclination on the part of Americans to make charitable gifts, necessity to adjust to major demographic and geographical shifts, and enlarged government operations that have resulted in undercutting the viability of private institutions.…

William G. Bowen, president of Princeton University and an authority on education-government relations, is interviewed. Focus is on the relationship between institutions of higher education and the federal government. Topics discussed in this context include coooeration between colleges and universities, federal aid, and research funding. (JMD)

The Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education Report, which tries to reconcile the demand for government aid with the maintenance of institutional independence, is discussed. The response to the commission's report is described. The commission's influence is seen to be undercut by its composition--mostly members of private institutions.…

Colleges, universities, and the government have been trying to find the appropriate balance between autonomy and accountability, restraint and regulations. It is suggested that decisions should be made at the appropriate level within an organization, and over-regulation costs more in diminished creativity than could be saved through tight…