HOLIDAY CHANGE: The University of Pittsburgh will not be celebrating President's Day this month, but will celebrate it in March, during spring break. The holiday will thus be one for the staff, but not for the students. The purpose of the change, according to university officials, is to avoid losing a day of classes and to get a holiday evenly spaced between Martin Luther King Day in January and Memorial Day in May. Pitt calls the newly moved holiday "Great Americans Day."

FIGHTING SUIT: A coalition of 45 student groups at the University of Michigan is organizing a protest against a suit filed against the university. The suit claims that the university's admissions policies unfairly favor minority students. The coalition said it plans a letter-writing campaign, teach-ins on the campus and a special symposium on the pros and cons of affirmative action.

STUDENT SURVEY: The University of Kentucky recently completed a student survey to learn how it could improve its services for students. Results show students are most unhappy with parking, finding library materials, getting the run-around when seeking information, adequacy and accessibility of computer labs, living conditions in the residence halls and the institution's concern for students as individuals. The survey included 379 students, as well as 18 focus groups with 12 to 14 members each.

OUTREACH EFFORT: Faculty at the University of California at Davis are reaching out to people in the state through the University in the Libraries program. The program sends professors out to give speeches in the city and county libraries of small towns. The topics are chosen by area residents and matched with faculty expertise.

ATTRACTING GRAD STUDENTS: The University of Wisconsin, in an effort to attract top flight graduate students, has created a $200 million endowment for the support of as many as 400 graduate fellows. The program has already received a commitment of up to $100 million in matching funds from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The plan calls for selected fellows to receive up to $24,000 annually. Of that, $22,000 would be in the form of a stipend. In addition, up to $2,000 would be provided to promote a fellow's professional development.

FACULTY WORKLOAD: The University of Arizona Board of Regents has approved a formula that measures faculty workload. Under the formula, UA faculty will be credited with one hour in class plus three hours outside of class for each semester hour of assigned class per week. Faculty would be credited with three hours per week for each semester hour in the individualized instruction program, plus an additional five hours per week. Another three hours per week is added for instructional innovation. The formula is to be used to let the Legislature and the public know how much time the faculty is spending on teaching. ¶