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The article presents an introduction to a section on the class divide in American universities. The Commission on the Future of Higher Education has made a series of recommendations on how to provide funding, incentives, and improve recruitment and retention of low-income students. The following articles represent the opinions on a number of policy makers on how to bridge the gap between rich and poor in higher education.

Focuses on how Washington University economics professor Dick Startz budgets for his daughter's college education. Items that Startz will pay for and items that he will make his daughter pay for; Details of the cellphone plan he's providing for his daughter; Why Startz does not want his daughter working while going to college; How they deal with credit card bills.

Opinion. Cautions against the incursion of credit card debt by college students.

Reports that Representative Dale Kildee, ranking minority member of the US House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, introduced legislation that he said would make colleges more accessible to female students. Changes in the Higher Education Act that would allow students who attend college less than half-time to receive Pell Grants; Other provisions of the bill.

The article presents news briefs related to colleges and universities. 30 underprivileged students of North Idaho College in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, will get scholarships from the money, which was wrongly collected in the name of construction of a sports arena and adjoining parking facilities from the students of the college. A book called "The Christian Parent and Student Guide to Choosing a College," by Ronald Nash has been released.

The article presents information on the financial problems faced by foreign students in the United States due to the changes in the immigration policies in the nation. As per the new policy the foreign students are denied the right to work during summer vacations. A recent survey reveals that the new policy is being enforced arbitrarily and differently by local offices of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Presents the preliminary findings of a survey of student-aid recipients in the U.S. in the academic year 1983-1984. Percentage of students at private colleges who received financial assistance; Proportion of students at public universities who received Pell grants and guaranteed loans; Details of the distribution of the family income of aid recipients.

The article looks at how national standards for the way colleges and universities manage costs per student will be submitted to the federal government by the National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education in December of 1973. Comments from Ben Lawrence, executive editor of the group, are included.

The article presents various responses to the proposal to raise the cost of tuition at publicly funded universities in the U.S. as suggested by the Committee for Economic Development. Criticism comes from the American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) who say that the proposal will limit access to higher education to the economic elite, making it less affordable for lower income families.