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Focuses on how the U.S. Supreme Court decision on use of affirmative action in admissions at the University of Michigan will affect public colleges around the country. Strategies adopted by some private colleges to prepare for the Michigan decision; Facts of the case; Reactions from scholars and lawyers.

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.

Focuses on the turn of public schools to private donors for funding as a result of budget cuts for technology. Focus on Nancy Couto, the director of technology for the Armada school district in suburban Detroit; Comments from Ms. Couto; Budget deficits of many states; Request of money from parents' groups; Timing of budget cuts; Descriptions of outdated equipment; Effects on education.

Notes news briefs relating to education and states in the United States for the summer of 1999. The ruling of a US Superior Court that Congress can limit immunity protection offered by the 11th Amendment in regard to a sexual harassment suit filed against George Mason University; The decision of the Florida Board of Regents to spend funds on new scholarships and minority programs rather than open two new public law schools; The plan of Michigan to spend its share of a tobacco settlement on biotechnology.

Presents news briefs related to legal issues in universities and colleges for July 1999. Ruling by the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court that Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State University owes millions of dollars in back taxes; Finding that university is not a state agency; Ruling by Michigan state Supreme Court on openly public presidential searches concerning a case at Michigan State University.

Reports that the University of Michigan has revised the guidelines it uses to admit undergraduate students. How it has changed its use of race in undergraduate admissions and at its law school; Arguments against Michigan's changes as made by Michael S. Greve, executive director of the Center for Individual Rights, a group that filed two lawsuits against Michigan; Michigan's old system; Details of the new guidelines.