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Tells that the Australian government plans in 1996 to cut grants to universities by $1.45 billion in United States dollars over the next four years. The broken promise of Prime Minister John Howard's conservative coalition government to maintain higher-education spending; Response from the National Tertiary Education Union, which represents faculty members.

Reports on the increase in the number of foreign students enrolled in Australia's universities in 2000. Increase in revenue from foreign students; Statistics on foreign enrollments released by the recruiting company, IDP Education Australia; Number of United States students who are studying in Australia.

Reports news of higher education abroad. Demonstration staged by hundreds of Russian scientists at Gorky Park in Moscow to protest the lack of funding and predicted collapse of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Violence, murder, and other crises at the University of Papua New Guinea; Indian government committees' recommendation that the country's technology and management institutes become self-supporting by the year 2000.

Reports on developments affecting education in different countries for the week ending June 2, 1995. Includes the cancellation of visit of top Palestinian official General Nasser Yussef's visit to Israeli Bar-Ilan University; Support of Australia's Industrial Relations Commission of university proposals on staff dismissals; Quebec Education Minister Jean Garon's proposal requiring disclosure of school officials' salaries.