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Focuses on the seminar-style cross-disciplinary classes that honors students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania take. Reason regional state colleges start honors programs; Implications of the growth of honors programs at state colleges; Background on the Indiana University.

Profiles Graham B. Spanier, president of Pennyslvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. Personal background; His popularity among students; His share of controversy. INSET: Graham B. Spanier..

Focuses on the controversy surrounding California University of Pennsylvania President Angelo Armenti's aggressive approach to eradicating sexual harasssment on campus. Claim of critics that he has fired professors based on unsupported student complaints and used his stated objective to get rid of detractors and long-term employees; Armenti's view; Position of the faculty union leaders; Armenti's use of private investigators; Details of specific

The article reports that Sallie Mae, the largest provider of student loans in the U.S., made a $1-billion bid in December to take over the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Under the proposed arrangement, Sallie Mae would give the state $1-billion over five years to purchase assets, including its student-loan portfolio, and to manage the agency. In February the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, agreed to pay the federal government $517,496 to settle allegations that researchers had misled regulators and failed to protect patients during a 1999 gene-therapy study that led to the death of an 18-year-old research volunteer, Jesse Gelsinger. The article also provides statistical information related to the demography of the state.

Reports that the governing board of Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle declined to vote on a proposed plan to divide the law school into two campuses in 2004. Approval given by the school's independent governing board on a renovation plan for the Carlisle campus; Reasons behind the rejection of the two-campus proposal.

Reports that Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Eugene W. Hickok Jr. is aiming to remake public education in the state. Grant for colleges that graduate more students in four years flat; Academic standards for prospective teachers; Alternative certification for aspiring teachers who do not have the concentration in education courses. INSET: Eugene W. Hickok Jr. (profile)..

The article discusses a budget plan proposed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett wherein appropriations to state related higher education institutions would be cut by almost 50 percent. It provides comments from Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education chancellor John C. Cavanaugh on how the proposed cuts would impact the college costs for students attending the state universities and examines how the budget for the Pennsylvania State University may result in the closure of branch campuses.

This article reports on the outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Pennsylvania. For the universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education $472.1-million have been approved, a 6-percent increase. Public backlash over a pay increase state lawmakers approved for themselves last year has prompted conservative legislators to push for a bill that would put a cap on spending in an effort to raise their sagging poll numbers. Governor Edward G. Rendell, a Democrat, has said that any cap on spending must have exceptions for certain items, including education.

Presents information on the Philadelphian Urban Seminar, a two-week seminar being held in inner-city settings in Pennsylvania, and being attended by students pursuing a career in education. Lessons learned by education majors in Willard Elementary; Scenes that surprised college students during their seminar; Goal of the two-week program.

Focuses on the executive-doctorate program offered by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to prospective candidates to college presidencies. Details on the program's students; Overview of a case study used by students; Reason for the creation of the program; Requirements for the program.

Presents an update on higher education in the United States as of August 17, 2001. Budget for public college systems in New York; Opposition of colleges in Pennsylvania to a grant program awarded by Governor Tom Ridge.

Reports on the legislative budget hearing for Penn State University which focused on the sex education fair held at a dormitory in University Park, Pennsylvania in February 2001. Details on a reprimand directed to university president Graham B. Spanier; Proposed changes in school policies about school fairs and similar events; Issues concerning the budget.

Reports that Pennsylvania's state-university system has decided to scrap the plans to automatically admit the top 15 percent of every highschool graduating class in the state. Admission system to replace the top 15 plan of the university system; Reasons behind the decision of the university system; Universities under the Pennsylvania university system.

Presents higher education-related news from United States as of April 2000. Pennsylvania state-university system's plans to automatically admit the top 15 percent of graduates from public high schools; Plan to abolish Florida's Board of Regents; Inclusion of Colorado Technical University in an education and research entity aimed at moving the state to the forefront of information technology.

Reports on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge's proposal to give federal grants to colleges with high graduation rates. Increase in budget of state universities; Requirements to qualify for the grant; Unfairness to public schools whose students need to do extra work while studying.

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.

States that Pennsylvania's state Secretary of Education, Eugene W. Hickok, has approved the licensure application of the University of Phoenix, which will allow the university to open campuses in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Comments of several board officials on the decision; The review process; Degrees to be offered; Criticism of the decision.

Reports on a finding that the California University of Pennsylvania wrongfully fired faculty member, William Parnell, for failing a student. Reinstatement ordered; Related case involving Dr. Bob Brown; The involvement of university president, Angelo Armeti, Jr.

Reports that Joe Paterno, head football coach at Pennsylvania State University, and his wife, Sue, will be giving $3.5-million to the university for new teaching positions, scholarships, an interfaith spiritual center and a sports hall of fame. Comments from Graham B. Spanier, president of the university, on the donation.

Focuses on the investigation of an athlete's eligibility to play football at the University of Pennsylvania. The issue of granting credit for an independent study course that was necessary for the student to remain eligible for competition; Details of the maneuver by the athletics department that some faculty members called sleazy and an academic cover.