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The article focuses on the challenges facing college students with financial aid from universities in the U.S. It relates the experience of college student Ashley Hurst who forfeited her scholarship at the North Carolina Central University after her freshman year due to the rising cost of her student debt. The result of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study which shows how the students' financial is also discussed. aid changes

Reports on the approval of the plan for federal aid to elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Amount appropriated for elementary and secondary school programs for 1995; Legislation's focus on encouraging schools to promote high academic standards to schoolchildren; Eligibility requirements for the appropriated money under the program.

Focuses on the Committee for Economic Development on the need for improved management of schools in the United States. Corporate executives and university presidents' call for a complete overhaul in the way schools are managed; Need for school boards to focus on education policy and establish high academic standards.

The article focuses on tuition and increase in extra fees of colleges and universities in the U.S. Topics discussed include budget cuts on state education, the use of fees to compensate for construction projects and budget shortfalls, and student protests over fees. Comments from Ohio University professor Richard Vedder and teachers union president David M. Hughes are also presented.

The article focuses on the declining life expectancy of women across the U.S. It states that main reasons for reduction in life-span are job stress, family conflict, smoking and obesity, which give rise to several diseases and disabilities. The article also suggests that unfavorable social conditions are major factors which have affected the health of women in the country.

Looks at the increasing instances of ivy league colleges to look into the extracurricular activities of potential students. How high school students are involved in various activities; Grade in which they start their activities; Types of activities that increase a student's chances of being accepted by a college such as Georgetown and Cornell University.

Focuses on the United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) order to recall all products containing gamma butyrolactone (GBL). Health problems caused by GBL; Companies' claims on the effectiveness of the substance; Utah National Products Alliance's cooperation with the FDA.

Reports the approval of the United States Food and Drug Administration on an arthritis drug from Searle & Co. Information on the drug; Side effects of the drug.

Reports on the approval of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Lipton's cholesterol-busting margarine substitute of Unilever PLC. Implication of the FDA approval to Johnson & Johnson; Market strategies of Unilever for the product; Comments from John Rice, president and chief executive of Lipton.

Reports that Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. agreed to co-market SmithKline Beecham's experimental diabetes drug Avandia in the United States. Details on the marketing of Avandia; Information on the marketing approval given for Actos, a diabetes drug from Eli Lilly & Co. and Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd.; Advantages of Actos over Avandia.

Focuses on the recommendation of a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel regarding Merck & Company's painkiller called Vioxx. Significance of an FDA approval; Question of some analysts; Policy regarding the drug's label.

Reports the mortality associated with the use of Monsanto Co.'s breakthrough superaspirin Celebrex drug in the United States (US). Adverse effects of the drug; Comments from Robert DeLap, director of the US Food & Drug Administration office of drug evaluation; Chemical component of the drug.

Looks at the pressures facing the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in approving drugs for market use. Importance for the FDA to balance the demands from the pharmaceutical industry and insistence from the consumer groups; How the FDA do its duty; Discussion on how the FDA operates.

Focuses on the meeting of the United States Food and Drug Administration panel that discussed whether diabetes drug Rezulin could stay in the market. Increase in the sales of Warner-Lambert Co. for the drug; Side effects of the drug; Mortality rate of people using the drug; Focus of the interest among the panel.

Reports on the failure of Relenza, a flu drug from Glaxo Wellcome PLC, to clear a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel in the United States. Details on the drug; Implication of the decision; Reaction of the drug firm to FDA.

Reports the lawsuit filed by the generic-drug industry against the United States government regarding its pediatric-drug rules. Details on the drug policy; Claims of generic-drug companies on the rules; Permission given by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on companies to conduct studies.

Reports that Cholestin drug is a dietary supplement according to the ruling provided by a federal judge in the United States. Information on the drug; Claims of the Food and Drug Administration regarding the decision.

Focuses on the homeownership rates in the United States as reported by the Census Bureau for the second quarter of 1997. Reflection on the fluctuating rates during 1980 to 1985 as compared to 1997; Mentioning the 67.6 million American homeowners as reported by the Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Additional information from the Labor Department on initial claims for state unemployment benefits.

Presents information on welfare recipients in the United States. How the image of welfare recipients will be improved by Eli Segal, and his nonprofit Welfare to Work Partnership; Background information on Segal; Comments from Segal; Public perception of welfare recipients; Details on businesses who have hired welfare recipients.

Reports that the United States House passed legislation to overhaul the nation's public housing laws. Detailed examination of the bill; Two provisions of the legislations which face opposition; Comments from Texas Representative Henry Gonzalez.

Reports that panels comprising of citizens have been formed in Escambia County in Florida, in an effort to decide whether citizens should lose their government aid. How members of the panels decide who should lose their aid; Need of almost 40 states to exempt some adult food-stamp recipients.

Reports that American President Bill Clinton administration's plan to decrease the budget of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and distribute federal money as a block grant to state and local governments in 1997, has been criticized by Henry Cisneros, secretary of the HUD. Comments from Cisneros; Appeal to the tentative fiscal 1998 proposals made by the Office of Management and Budget; Details on the budget proposal for the HUD.

Offers news briefs on life on the job in the United States. The rise of absenteeism in the workplace; Atlanta companies looking into telecommuting in preparation for the 1996 Summer Games to be held there; Tougher standards by the Labor Department on contractors that discriminate; Other briefs.

Features a Washington, D.C.-area flower shop called Greenworks to show how Valentine's Day can be both a small-business owner's dream and nightmare. Chaos that erupts at Greenworks during the Valentine's Day rush; What owner Michael McCann does to prepare for the rush; Differences between what people buy for Valentine's Day when it falls on a weekend or on a weekday; What Valentine's Day sales do to the economy as a whole; Where the flowers come from.

Examines how affirmative action has transformed the life of attorney Oliver Lee. Lee's involvement with a program called A Better Chance which invites low-income youth to attend elite private schools; Lee's beliefs that success stories like his are overlooked in the affirmative action debate.

Presents news briefs pertaining to employment in the United States as of December 19, 1995. Drinking at office Christmas parties becoming a bigger legal headache; Headhunter firms experiencing a boom; Higher year-end bonuses bringing happier holidays; More briefs.

Informs about the decision of the House to eliminate the funds for the federal government's Goals 2000 program, designed to improve education, in the light of citizens' distrust for the same.

Discusses expected rise in cost of loans for college students induced by a proposal of the Republican Congress to cut federal student-loan program as part of their balanced-budget program. Details of the proposal and its likely impact on students; Reactions to the move.

Reports the move of the House GOP leaders to cut funds for President Bill Clinton's various national service and educational programs as a part of two domestic-spending appropriations bills.

Reports major changes in handling of discrimination complaints by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Details about the changes in the policy; Implications of the move.

Reports the issuance of a set of definitions by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to aid employers understand their responsibilities under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Provisions of the act; The definitions.

Focuses on proposal of House Speaker Newt Gingrich to bring major changes in education policy. Details about his proposal; His criticism of the Education Department; Proposal to abolish income tax; Claim of Education Secretary Richard Riley on improvement in the US education system.