Following an introduction, listing of the program for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference, and description of the Center, this conference proceedings contains the following papers: (1) "Some Thoughts and Facts on CUNY, Public Higher Education in New York State, and Accountability" (Augusta Souza Kappner); (2) "Academic Politics and Academic Futures" (Irwin Polishook); and (3) "Restructuring Public Higher Education and the Status of the Professoriate" (Terrence J. MacTaggart); (4) "Report Cards: To Reward or Punish?" (Mary Burgan); (5) "Three Dimensions of Accountability" (Judith S. Eaton); (6) "Collective Bargaining and Accountability in Higher Education: The Coming Transformation of Higher Education and the Place of Faculty" (Frank Newman); (7) "Academic Freedom and Politics" (Roger W. Bowen); (8) "Two Paradoxes for Academic Freedom" (Matthew W. Finkin); (9) "Stopping Slapp Suits: A Proposal" (Julius Getman and Ellen Dannin); (10) "Alice, the College Teacher, and the Rottweiler in Wonderland: The Prospects and Problems of Distance Education" (Joseph N. Hankin); (11) "Cyber Unionism: A New Blueprint for Organized Labor in Higher Education" (Arthur B. Shostak); (12) "Academic Collective Bargaining: The University of Wisconsin--Teaching Assistants Association Case Description" (Neil S. Bucklew); (13) "The Current Status of Graduate Student Unions: An Employer's Perspective" (Daniel J. Julius); (14) "Arbitration of Faculty Statutory Employment Claims: Lessons from the Corporate Sector" (Barbara A. Lee); (15) "The Arbitration of Faculty Disputes ADA, ADEA, and FMLA" (Robert T. Simmelkjaer); (16) "Pension and Benefit Issues Update Presentation" (Keith Rauschenbach); (17) "Legal Update: 1999--An Administrative Perspective" (Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr.); and (18) "Eleventh Amendment Immunity and Academic Freedom" (Michael D. Simpson). (EV)