Describes how colleges in 16 countries have joined in a network to serve the educational and research needs of the circumpolar region; the University of the Arctic is a band of high-latitude colleges which seeks to serve indigenous people and preserve a fragile environment. (EV)

A computer network designed by Tennessee State University, a historically black institution, links 29 schools, colleges, and community institutions and is financed with corporate, state, and federal funds. Focus is on providing access to technology in inner-city neighborhoods and institutions, especially within schools. Expansion of the system is…

Middle College High has run on the principle that underprivileged children are not to blame for their underachievement. They take children who are on the verge of dropping out and turn them into high-school graduates. La Guardia Community College administers the program and the school is on the La Guardia campus. (MLW)

Founded in 1968, the Transitional Year Program at Brandeis University (Massachusetts) continues to offer intensive remedial math and English for students who might not be admitted to college otherwise. The tuition-free program has been highly successful in turning mediocre high school performance into college achievement. Most participants are…