An annual newsletter on the history of higher education presents information reflecting the current interest and research in the field through commentary, analysis, and bibliography. Information in this issue includes: a guest editorial, "Teaching the History of Higher Education" (Kathryn M. Moore); a "Views from the Author" essay, "On Writing No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities'" (Ellen W. Schrecker); announcement of publication of the "Association for Higher Education (ASHE) Reader on the History of Higher Education" (Lester F. Goodchild and Harold S. Wechsler) together with a listing of the ASHE Reader's table of contents (noting that the ASHE Reader contains a preface discussing the historiography of higher education, an introductory essay exploring the significance of all readings in the text, about 60 secondary and primary readings, and an extensive bibliography); and a listing of the History of Higher Education sessions offered at the 1989 History of Education Society annual meeting in Chicago and the 1989 ASHE annual meeting in Atlanta. History of Higher Education publications are also featured. (SM)