In this article, the author talks about California's Master Plan for Higher Education, which offered a vision of access, affordability, and quality that was bold, inspiring, and attainable. It was predicated on the understanding that an educational system with such characteristics is essential to the cultural, political, and economic health of a…

A university academic administrator reflects on the multiple aspects of leadership and collaboration in creating a community of learning. Discusses characteristics of an academic leader, designing a learning environment, faculty as academic leaders, and the foundational place of liberal arts. (DB)

The issue of preprofessionalism is discussed. The term is applied to various occupational paths, certain vocational skills, and specific career areas and is also used to characterize those students who are supposedly fitted with intellectual blinders as they pursue a narrow career path through a tightly defined program of study. (MLW)

Although the liberal arts curriculum has many defenders, it is seen as needing believers. To make the liberal arts credible for students and others, programs and research that show the concrete value of this education must be actively supported. (Author/MLW)