September/October 2008: In This Issue

Looking Ahead: Letters to the Next President from Higher Education's Leaders

Given the importance of the upcoming Presidential election, not only to the nation as a whole but to higher education, Change solicited a set of letters to the President-elect from a group of higher-education leaders...
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Second To None in Attainment, Discovery, and Innovation: The National Agenda for Higher Education

by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)

To the Presidential Candidates: The 44th President of the United States will have the greatest opportunity—and face the greatest necessity—since the 1950s to lead the nation to sustainable prosperity.
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Listening to Students: Creating the Future - The 2008 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award Winners
by Margaret A. Miller
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Playing the Numbers: Follow the Money
by William R. Doyle
Mapping the Terrain of Mid-Career Faculty at a Research University: Implications for Faculty and Academic Leaders
by Roger Baldwin, Deborah DeZure, Allyn Shaw, and Kristin Moretto
An Uneasy Partnership: Accreditation and the Federal Government
by Barbara Brittingham

Seeking Higher-Ed Accountability: Ending Federal Accreditation
by Anne D. Neal
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Interrogating the University, One Archival Entry at a Time
by Gina Hunter, Nancy Abelmann, Timothy Reese Cain, Tim McDonough, and Catherine Prendergast
Editorial: The President as Steward in Chief
by Margaret A. Miller
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Books Worth Reading
by Mary Taylor Huber