January 2000

One of the unique and maddening aspects of higher education in the United States is the inability to generalize about virtually anything, although we constantly do. Over 3,600 postsecondary institutions serve about 15 million students. About 11 million of these students attend public institutions.  More

Intellectual Marketplaces: American Higher Eduaction And The Commerce Of Ideas (Forum Book Review)
by Guilbert Hentschke

The global economy meets (and fundamentally changes) the academy. University of Arizona Professors Sheila Slaughter and Larry Leslie have undertaken an indepth study of how universities in the U.S. and three other western countries confront and adapt to the powerful and ubiquitous forces of economic globalization.  More

Subcommittee Proposes Changes To Faculty Retirement Plan
a conversation with Jim Manegold

Jim Manegold is chairing a subcommittee of the University Benefits Committee that is currently in the final stages of working with the administration to develop a package of additions to the general faculty retirement plan for USC. The members of the subcommittee were Bill Weber, Kim Dietrich, and Jim Stancill. More