This collection of short articles addresses several issues. The first article briefly discusses the growing lack of confidence in schools, with a glance at the role of the mass media. The second article, an interview on the same topic, looks at the state's loss of credibility regarding education and other areas in the United States and other…

"Challenges of the Presidency" explores the circumstances and forces that affect the college president's leadership in identifying and accomplishing the educational mission of the institution. These four papers examine the external forces of government and population trends as well as the internal pressures from faculty and students, and offer…

A model of state policymaking affecting private higher education involves three constructs of policy posture: laissez faire; central planning; and market competition. Relationships of the policies and postures to state characteristics and policy outcome proxies are explored, and policy implications are drawn. The analysis suggests that…