Author criticizes Maryland's $2.5 million in scholarships awarded exclusively by state senators to their constituents. (HS)

Explores how, as state dollars decrease, public research universities will require students to pay more of their educational costs, thus becoming part of a hybrid university--an institution with many traditions and functions within the public realm, but other characteristics in line with private institutions. (EV)

Congressman James G. O'Hara, Chairman of the Special Subcommittee on Education in the House of Representatives, has won supporters from higher education because of his stand on low tuition, student aid programs, and civil rights. (Author/PG)

The debate over low tuition is examined from various viewpoints. Student aid strategies alone, in the absence of strong institutional aid and support for low tuition, may actually be confusing the issue by encouraging political leaders, the media, and the general public to believe that opportunity is expanding at the very time it is in decline.…

Describes the program at Northwestern University where the university became a lender in the Federally Insured Student Loan Program in cooperation with a large bank. (Author/PG)

A student at Lehman College describes student reaction to the threat of loss of free tuition and open admissions at New York City University. To money managers, he contends, they represent a "noble tradition," to students economic necessities. (Editor/JT)

A strategy for college financing that would require each student to pay only for his share of the part of his college education financed from tuition and fees is outlined. Students consuming more goods and services would pay proportionately more than those consuming less. (MSE)

The current high rate of tuition inflation and the low rate of savings by parents for future college costs is fueling interest in tuition prepurchase plans that guarantee the price of college years in advance. Middle class interest, educational risks, investments vs. tuition, and tax issue are discussed. (MLW)

The retreat from social and racial progress is examined as an outgrowth of Vietnam, the changing temper of intellectuals, and the slowing of economic growth. Some effects of the country's mood on education are discussed, including tuition increases, faculty salaries, and accountability. (LBH)

Comment is offered on John Silber's proposed Tuition Advance Fund, under which a student could borrow to meet college costs and repay over a working lifetime in installments geared to income. This and the tuition tax credit approach are discussed in terms of the federal role in financing higher education and student access and choice. (LB H)

Expenditures by six colleges (Lynchburg College, Seattle University, the University of Chicago, the University of South Carolina, Western State College of Colorado, and Williams College) are analyzed. Many of the data used for the analysis are those supplied by the annual Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). (MLW)

There is a distinct possibility, it is suggested, that American higher education will experience a price war in the coming period. The recent growth in awards of financial aid based on "merit" may be viewed as either its precursor, or its prologue, or its early major phase. (MLW)

Despite federal investments in student aid--plus tax credits exceeding $70 billion and state expenditures for institutions and students exceeding $65 billion--record high financial barriers erected by recent changes in tuition and financial aid have prevented hundreds of thousands of college-qualified high school graduates from enrolling in…

At Berea College all students work 10 to 20 hours a week on campus in a compulsory labor program and pay no tuition. The college maintains high academic standards, and students often use their work experience in later employment. (MSE)