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Offers information and predictions for higher education in the 50 state Legislatures. Dates of session and budget requests for each state; Prediction that Alabama colleges will not receive the funding increases they requested; Suggestion that a budget surplus in Arizona may affect the willingness of legislators to increase funding; Others.

Presents news briefs related to universities and colleges in the United States. James F. Carlin to step down as chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education; The decision by the leaders of both the chief faculty union and the faculty senate of the University of New York to ask Governor George E. Pataki and the Legislature to replace the Board of Trustees' members; Ousting of three trustees at Alabama State University; Proprietary school settlement with Maryland Higher Education Commission.

Describes events related to United States universities. Decisions in a lawsuit between the University of South Alabama and the American Tobacco Co.; Why the Medical University of South Carolina will not partner with Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation; Why the University of Connecticut is withdrawing from plans to help create an ambulatory-care center; Student statistics at the University of Michigan; Use of tax-exempt bonds for David Lipscomb University in Tennessee.

Presents updates on universities and colleges in the U.S. as of March 4, 2005. Reason behind the decision of Judge William M. Acker of the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham not to hire law graduates of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut for judicial clerkships; Amount paid by the University of Alabama in Birmingham to settle lawsuit filed by former president W. Ann Reynolds; Lawsuit filed by Reynolds against the university.

Offers news briefs related to universities in the United States as of June 16, 2000. Alabama Legislature's agreement to allow voters to have more say over the governance of Auburn University; Kenneth P. Mortimer's resignation as president of the University of Hawaii system; Economic benefits of Mesa State College's replacement of their police force.

Offers higher-education related news briefs from the United States as of May 12, 2000. Panel findings that show poor record of integration among Louisiana colleges and universities; Recommendations by a Texas higher education board for federal aid to the two historically black public colleges in the state; Naming of Byron McClenney as president of Kingsborough Community College; Criticism of Alabama Board of Education's plans to merge Montgomery's two technical colleges.

Gives news briefs on legal matters in universities. Connecticut lawmakers who are considering legislation that would prohibit individuals from suing public and private colleges over the preservation of historic buildings; Yale University officials urging legislators to change the law; Alabama Supreme Court ruling regarding the removal of Donald V. Watkins and Robert A. Jones from the University of Alabama's Board of Trustees.

Looks at an Alabama appeals court ruling relating to hazing. The decision marking the first time an Alabama court has ruled that the state's anti-hazing law can be used in a civil case; Details of the case involving an Auburn University fraternity, Kappa Alpha.