This volume contains summaries of the five general sessions of a forum designed to examine the role of American institutions of higher education in preparing for the future. Titles and speakers for the summarized presentations include: "Pacific Century? Global Century? or No Century?" (James Dator, Jeffrey Holmes, Helmut de Ridder, and Chen Jia Sheng); "Developing Prototypical Universities for the Twenty-First Century" (George Johnson and Stephen Trachtenberg); "The Silicon Foundations under Our Twenty-First Century Ivory Towers" (Robert Heterick, Jr. and Jane Ryland); "Higher Education Policy Issues: An International Perspective" (James Dator, Elaine El-khawas, Helmut de Ridder, and William Taylor); and "Urban Colleges and Universities: The Special Challenges Ahead" (Rafael Cortada and George Vaughan). An address by Lawrence Sherr presented at the presidential session and entitled "Is There a Better Way to Manage Higher Education?" concludes the document. (JDD)