A university president, an academic scholar, and a graduate student in higher education look back at "The Academic Revolution," written in 1968, from differing perspectives. Companion essays examine the predictions made in the book and its use as a platform for discussion about the direction taken by higher education. (MSE)

The complaint that memoirs of college and university life are impressionistic and biased and thus poorly suited for a research project is refuted. Memoirs can shape and supplement research questions and can remind and commit academe to the idea of the beloved campus. (MLW)

Geraldine Clifford and James Guthrie's book "Ed School: A Brief for Professional Education" is reviewed. They concluded that no school of education has been able to maintain a central place within a distinguished American university. Their recommendation that education faculty ought to de-emphasize the social science research model is refuted.…

Five recent books about Southern universities that shed light on the problem of writing official histories and on the evolution of higher education in this region are reviewed. A collective profile of the "Southern university" is sketched. (Author/MLW)

Higher education research can benefit from the variety of forms the scientific method allows. Traits include: a crisp, graphic style of writing; reliance on various information resources; the ability to triangulate statistical, visual, and literary data, and to connect past and present; and a dedication to useful research based on specific data…

The 1910 publication, "Great American Universities," provides a point of departure for three recent studies by Rosenzweig, Moos, and Prichard of the university and its role in public policy. A marked shift in tone from the energy, optimism, and public curiosity earlier attributed to the American university is noted. (Author/MSE)

An introducory course that is required of all students of higher education at Claremont Graduate School, entitled "Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Higher Education," is described. (SF)

This article reviews Jaroslav Pelikan's 1992 book, "The Idea of the University: A Reexamination" which calls into question the concept of "university" posited by John Henry Cardinal Newman in his 1852 lectures, "The Idea of a University." Pelikan proposes that the ideas presented by Newman, although widely honored, provide little guidance for the…