In 2020, Carol Leary will be retiring as president of Bay Path University after twenty-five years. Her career in education, however, has spanned more than four decades. As she prepares to move on to the next chapter of her life, she reflects on her Bay Path journey and shares her optimism about the challenges higher education faces today. She…

In 2015, the city of Springfield, Ohio, finished participating in a $2.5 million federal grant program that assisted low-income families in reducing the health risks from lead paint in their homes. But because of rule changes from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development that made it harder to use funds on certain properties (including…

What are the enduring, value-added features of small, private liberal arts colleges? Certain distinctions come to mind: broad exposure to the disciplines, focused study in the majors, and close campus interactions--all enhanced by the residential experience. However, what is (and has historically been) the value of small, private residential…

Global perspective-taking involves three critical, developmentally based questions: (1) How do I know?; (2) Who am I?; and (3) How do I relate? As students grapple with these questions, their answers mutually reinforce the cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal domains of human development, highlighting its holistic and integrated nature.…

Proposes some practical steps colleges may take to cope with the consequences of a steady-state economy (energy sources, raw materials, production costs) with special emphasis on the crucial importance of excellence in teaching. (Editor/PG)

A detailed analysis is presented of the three stages of the search process involved in hiring administrators. Some suggestions for making this process more systematic and effective are included. (Author/LBH)

A guide to the vital signs of institutional renewal and the factors that influence its success and failure are presented. The essay summarizes findings of a team of educators who visited eight liberal arts colleges receiving institutional renewal grants from FIPSE between 1973 and 1975. (Author/LBH)

Projects a rise in all education expenditure items and a decline in income. (IR)

The Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges' initiative to recruit more black faculty is described, its accomplishments are outlined, and lessons learned are noted, based on the experiences of participants in a visiting scholars program. (MSE)

Liberal arts faculty are ill equipped to teach their disciplines; they are equipped to transmit the latest research results as they define the discipline. Students are not well prepared to respond; they have not been encouraged to enter into others' thinking. Under these conditions, the prospects for intellectual community are not good. (MSE)

The private college can hold its place, the author maintains, but only after a thoroughgoing revolution: tenure must be done away with, the word "curriculum" done away with, financial reforms undertaken, and innovative approaches found, e.g. getting out of all varsity sports and concentrating on a new concept of physical education/recreation. (JT)