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Discusses the controversy over the issue of admission policies and performance standards for doctoral students at Nova Southeastern University. Allegations of racial discrimination; Details of the law suit by former students; Response from the university; History of the university; Nova's plagiarism policy; Comments.

Focuses on the death of Scott Krueger, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Shortage of dorm rooms that requires MIT to funnel its students into unsupervised fraternity houses; Krueger's 40 hour coma and subsequent death on the evening of his initiation into Phi Gamma Delta; Attempt to assign responsibility for his death; Comments of Eugene D. Gulland, a Washington lawyer who advises colleges on how to develop legally sound alcohol policies.

Deals with the decision of a United States federal appeals court concerning the lawsuit filed by the City Colleges of Chicago in Illinois against the investment company, Westcap Enterprises. Amount demanded by City Colleges from Westcap; Details on the lawsuit; Analysis of the investment risks involved in the lawsuit.

Reports that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revoked the diploma of Charles Yoo, accused of serving alcohol at an event where Scott Krueger, a freshman consumed a fatal dose of alcohol. Details of the case; Comments by Timothy M. Burke, Yoo's lawyer; Criticism of MIT.

Reports that a Federal Judge in Connecticut has dismissed the lawsuit alleging the Yale University discriminated against four Orthodox Jews. Objection of the Jewish students to Yale's policy of students living in coeducational dormitories; How the policy violates the students religious tenets.