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Reports on the injunction order received by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to reinstate the accreditation of Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida and Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tennessee. Background and basis of the injunction order; Scope of the amendment imposed by the association for the protection of institutions; Process of accreditation of an institution.

Discusses the business and management schools that are flourishing in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics since the collapse of one-party Communist rule. The opening of an estimated 1,000 schools; Criticism of the schools, many of which are proprietary; Multinational companies in Eastern Europe using the schools to train their local managers; The work of the Central and East European Management Development Association.

The article reports that the universities in Poland have started to regain authority over their own affairs after decades of Communist Party control. A case to be pointed out is the Krakow's Jagiellonian University, where many people have challenged the party's claim that it must have a leading role in all facets of Polish life. With this, administrators of the university has invited the pro-Solidarity Independent Students' Association to open an office of the university's rector Aleksander Koj.

The article discusses reforms to the system of college and university accreditation as contained in the draft report of the U.S. Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The commission stopped short of calling for changes to the regional system. In an earlier position paper, issued in March 2006, the commission was considering the idea of establishing a national accreditation body to replace the six regional accreditors that oversee 3,000 U.S. institutions of higher education. The article mentions that the commission report does call for more public disclosure of accreditors' findings.

The article reports on several actions of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges in June 2006. The association removed the Salvation Army College for Officer Training at Crestmont, in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California from probation. Also, the association placed the following colleges on warning status: Feather River Community College, Quincy, California; Hawaii Tokai International College, Honolulu; Lassen Community College, Susanville, California.

Reports on the criticism of the National Council of Teachers of English regarding the effectiveness of the new writing component of the scholastic assessment test (SAT) in the U.S. Views of Robert P. Yagelski, an associate professor of English education at the State University of New York at Albany, on the writing test; Rejection of the criticism by the College Board, nonprofit association of educators that owns and administers the SAT; Background on the council of English teachers.

Reports on the show-cause order issued by the Northwestern Commission on Colleges and Universities to Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska as of March 25, 2005. Indication of the action taken by the commission; Demands of the commission according to Arthur G. Cleveland, president of the college since August 2004.

Reports on a decline in international applications to U.S. graduate schools from 2004 to 2005 according to the Council of Graduate Schools. Efforts of the U.S. federal government and graduate schools to increase international interest in graduate study; Reasons behind the decline.

Reports that the European Association of Universities has called for a boycott of the University of Mitrovica in Kosovo, Serbia to protest the dismissal of the university's rector and his replacement with Radivoje Papovic, a Serb nationalist. Implications of the actions taken by Papovic as rector on the university; Background of the university; Action taken by the United Nations to protest Papovic's appointment.

Reports on the funds given by the U.S. for the damaged universities and colleges of Iraq according to John Agresto, a U.S. senior official in charge of rebuilding the higher-education system of the country. List of countries and associations supporting the higher-education system of the country; Difficulties faced by Iraqi students; Increase in the number of students admitted for the academic year of 2004.

Reports that regional accreditors penalized several U.S. colleges and removed others from probation or warning status in the round of accrediting actions. Reason of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in putting Auburn University on probation; List of colleges which were placed on probation by the association; Actions taken by the Crichton College in Memphis, Tennessee to comply with the accreditor's requirements.

Discusses several issues affecting the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools concerning the accreditation and operations of colleges and universities in the U.S. Reason for the restoration of the accreditation of Grambling State University; Probation status given to Auburn University; Violations in the accrediting standards of the association.

Reports on highlights of the 1995 meeting of the Association of European Universities in Arhus, Denmark. Efforts of higher education institutions in Europe to find money-making activities to improve their financial situation; Research for business and industry and provision of continuing education programs as the most popular ways of raising revenue.

Reports the refusal by Slovakia to allow opening of headquarters by the Association of Carpathian Region Universities in its territory. Information about the Carpathian Euroregion project.

The article reports that 17 major universities and colleges in the Soviet Union have created an Association of Soviet Universities with Anatoly Logunov, rector of Moscow State University, as president. The establishment of the organization was made possible by a new Soviet law for independent associations. Leaders of the organization were planning to include as many as 40 institutions as members.