Judicial aspects of collective bargaining in private colleges are examined, with reference to recent court litigation on institutional responsibility, content of bargaining litigation, and unilateral policy changes. Contract theory and AAUP policy statements and ideas on reconciling academic and judicial usage are discussed. (MSE)

This brief discussion of basic administrative postures may help principals direct their schools' efforts to cope with minimum competency regulations. (Author)

Louis Lehrman opened the Lehrman Institute in 1973 and has managed to attract the country's best-known scholars to its seminars and research projects. A biography of Lehrman, some past research fellows, and a description of the Institute are included. (MLW)

Models for university planning must adapt to the political process of decision making, and to the structures and priorities of each institution. In this regard, the limitations of conventional models are discussed, and an approach to model-building that emphasizes institution-specific devices is described and applied to the University of…

Though there are substantial funding resources for supporting mental health research, Black scholars have not received their fair share of the funds in this area. Both affirmative action programs and community pressure are needed to solve this problem and to place increasing numbers of Blacks in policymaking positions. (Author/GC)

An interview with the Department of Education's Secretary Shirley Hufstedler reveals her viewpoints on higher education's problems and their solutions and her own goals and priorities as the first secretary. Minority students, access to education, financial pressures facing institutions, and burdens on institutions trying to administer federal…

Presents differing interpretations of the Copyright Law by various university libraries, and examines implementation of the law into their library services with subsequent problems, modifications, and faculty/student reactions. (CWM)

A discussion of school politics: the techniques educators use to advance their interests with their peers and with the community. (SJL)

This article describes the development of Canada's federal policy on bilingualism and multiculturalism and discusses some of the ethnic myths prevalent in Canadian society concerning the order in which the groups immigrated to Canada, the size and cohesiveness of each group, and the oppressiveness of British predominance. (SJL)

Describes a project that correlates modern geography with governmental decision making. The Comparative Metropolitan Analysis Project focuses on specific problems for each of the 20 largest metropolitan regions in the United States. 1,050 maps were drawn from census data, detailing the topography, land use, housing, population density, etc., for…

Discusses federal control of education, focusing on higher education. Concludes that there is no grand coordinated federal plot to control universities. Rather, "federal control is created by the actions of scores of agencies and hundreds of bureaucrats each tailoring alterations to fit their idiosyncratic view of education." (Author/JM)

A two-page interview on ethics conducted with an industrial training specialist with a Ph.D. in philosophy and theology. Discussed are the meaning of ethics, advice to executives considering intervention efforts to improve ethical behavior, and the essential intervention steps of establishing policy and communicating standards. (LAS)

Summary and evaluation of a simulation game developed for a second-year undergraduate international politics course at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. Purpose of simulation was to provide students with insight into nature of national relations through their own participation in a similar process. (ND)

Concludes that removing research support as a punishment for alleged non-compliance with statutes that are at times not even marginally related to scientific objectives is an irrelevant and undeservedly harmful punishment. (Author/AM)