"Making the Grade: How Boards Can Ensure Academic Quality" fills a significant void in today's boardroom discussions with its clear, realistic advice and its "perfect pitch" balancing act with respect to board involvement with the heart of the academic enterprise: teaching and learning. NCHEMS vice president Peter Ewell clarifies the grey areas of academe and offers valuable, first-hand knowledge of the areas of tension that must be acknowledged in order for boards to significantly contribute to their institutions' accountability for academic quality.