This Civic Arts Review issue contains an essay by Stanley Manfred titled "The American University as a Civic Institution" which identifies some of the features which have made the contemporary American university a civic institution with important civic functions, and identifies some of the societal contradictions which impede recognition and perfomance of the university's civic functions. Responses to the essay are by Benjamin Barber, Harry Boyte, John W. Cooper, Suzanne Morse, Bernard Murchland, and Carl Pinkele. The journal also includes: Manfred Stanley's response to his critics; an editorial titled "Political Imagination"; and a back page commentary titled "Listening to Walker Percy." (LPT)