News and Notes

• Date: 01 September 1960
• Published date: 01 September 1960
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296001300355
• Subject Matter: Articles

NEWS AND NOTES
The University of California received from the Ford Foundation a $4 million
grant, of which $3 million will be used for its programs on Africa, the Near East,
East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and Russia and East Europe at its Berkeley
and Los Angeles campuses. About 200 California faculty members are working
full time under these programs, and the University’s library holdings in these
areas are among the best in the country.
The Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Michigan,
with funds provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has announced
that additional fellowships will be available for the academic year 1961-62. Ap-
plications should be presented on or before February 1, 1961. Requests for further
information and for application forms should be addressed to: Algo D. Henderson,
Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Four military leaders were among the thirty-seven speakers and panelists
participating in San Diego State’s 18th annual Institute on World Affairs, August
8-26. They are Rear Adm. Claude Ricketts, USN, director of the Strategic Plans
Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Maj. Gen. John A. Dabney,
USA, military advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Affairs; Gen. Henry C. Hughlin, USAF, deputy United States representative to
the NATO Military Committee and the Standing Group; and Lt. Col. Donald
S. Bussey, USA, of the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
The three-week series focused on &dquo;The 1960’s -
Decade for Decision.&dquo; All
sessions were open to the public without charge.
Plans have been completed for a weekly research seminar on international
conflict and peace, to be held at Washington University at St. Louis during the
fall semester. Eleven scholars, six from the university, have been commissioned
to prepare papers on social, economic and psychological aspects of the...