In Texas, as in other states, fewer than a quarter of the students earning associate degrees end up applying to universities. The eventual result is widespread underemployment and a stagnating work force that doesn't keep up with population growth. However, Texas educators are trying to change that with two ambitious programs--one aimed at college…

This article reports several two-year institutions who are seeking out architects to create impressive new buildings as well as imaginative renovations of humdrum buildings from the 1960s and 1970s. Johnson County Community College, in Overland Park, Kansas, opened a limestone-sheathed museum, designed by Kyu Sung Woo Architects, that the "Kansas…

Gaps in faculty pay between private and public colleges and universities continue to widen, warned the American Association of University Professors in its annual report on the economic status of the profession. It is a divide, the group argues, that threatens the ability of public institutions to recruit and retain faculty members at all levels.…

More than 30 years after the U.S. ambassador was airlifted from the embassy rooftop in Saigon with the flag tucked under his arm, a new American flag is going up in the city. This one won't be flying over the embassy. The Stars and Stripes, as well as the Texas state flag, are going up at the Saigon Institute of Technology, the only Vietnamese…

Engineers in America are too scarce and too white. That complaint comes from corporate chieftains and education leaders alike, who see those shortfalls as a virtual guarantee that jobs and innovation will head overseas. Now many are looking to remedies to both problems from an unsung source: community colleges. Thanks to low tuition, overall…

Lists the classifications of 3,856 institutions of higher education under the Carnegie Foundation's new classification system. Includes text of the category definitions and lists institutions alphabetically by state, with new and, when different, old classifications. (DB)

Smith College (Massachusetts) has established formal articulation agreements with Santa Monica College (California) and Miami-Dade Community College (Florida) to grant credit to community college students transferring to the private college. Vassar College (New York) is another private liberal arts college seeking more community college transfer…

Explains the new Carnegie classification system for institutions of higher education, a sweeping revision that emphasizes teaching, focusing on the number and types of degrees an institution awards rather than research or selectivity in admissions. The biggest change is for universities that award doctorates--these are now grouped into only two…

There are fewer private junior colleges than in the past, in part because of competition with public community colleges, which students find to be more economical as they prepare for 4-year colleges and universities. Private 2-year colleges that have the best chance of survival offer programs not available elsewhere. (SLD)

Describes how Roxbury Community College in Massachusetts is roiled by financial troubles and the threat of a state takeover in the wake of its president's departure. (EV)

The National Junior College Athletic Association has voted in favor of strengthening semester-based academic standards for the eligibility of student athletes, reversing an earlier move to soften requirements. (MSE)

Median salaries for college and university administrators rose by 2.6 percent for 1991-92 (compared to 5.4 percent in 1990-91), the smallest increase in four years. Administrators at two-year colleges received the lowest (0.8 percent) raises. Variations by type of administrative job were also found. (DB)

A Southern Regional Education Board report warns that if state leaders do not insist that two-year college students meet publicly recognized performance standards, public confidence in the institutions could decline. (MSE)

Discusses the trend to build and/or expand dormitory facilities at community colleges as part of their effort to recruit students, especially international students, athletes, and nonlocal students. Critics suggest that the colleges will lose money on new dormitories. Student reaction has been positive. (DB)

This table presents median college administrator salaries by type of administration--executive, academic, administrative, external affairs, and student services. Salary data are also categorized by all institutions collectively, doctoral, comprehensive, baccalaureate, and two-year institutions. (DB)