Enrollment declines threaten universities and enrollments
The Census Bureau warns of worse than expected college enrollment declines through 1990 as predictions based on birth rates miss the impact of lagging interest in higher education. Institutions face a changing market, with underutilized facilities, rising costs, and pressure to redefine missions and expand outreach, community-based access, and flexible offerings to reverse sagging enrollments.
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Workfare bill should be scrapped in Illinois
James Thompson should drop a plan to force general assistance recipients to work in exchange for aid. The bill would affect about 68,000 Illinois residents while excluding families with children, the disabled and the blind. It would worsen welfare inequities and fail to create real incentives, as job training and placement remain underfunded. Expanded job training is urged instead of mandating work for benefits.
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Amtrak trims trains as Adams weighs cuts amid gas crunch
The Secre tary of Transportation Brock Adams moves to revise Amtrak routes to be cut later this year. Administration signs of rail sense emerge as gasoline shortages and DC-10 grounding boost rail travel, while subsidies underwrite all transport modes.
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Yale president interview on university as ecosystem and language
A. Bartlett Giamatti rejects the heat linked view of universities as independent departments. He describes Yale as an ecosystem where administration preserves others’ capacity to shape and contends with the danger of becoming the institution rather than its symbolic container. He notes language shifts under the presidency toward cautious, noncontroversial High Institutional prose and reflects on negotiating ambiguity and audience.
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Letters Troubles Union County Ambulance Service Troubles
Everett Morgan faces criticism from EMTs in Union County Ambulance Service who complain of equipment needs, lack of street-locator systems, missing job descriptions, and ongoing mechanical issues. They propose funding and fund-raisers while warning of potential resignations and service gaps if concerns remain unheard.
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Pope's Poland visit shocks freedom advocates
The Wall Street Journal editorial argues Pope John Paul II's Poland trip exposes the limits of Marxist rule and signals that religious liberty is a fundamental human right. It warns Western critics that moral authority and free institutions outlast authoritarian power, as mass Polish support shows the church remains a powerful moral force.
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