Highlights

Supply and Demand
Finding and training the teachers we need for the 21st century
A problem not of supply, but of quality

Campus Clips
Reading the record on affirmative action
Reforms that work show their worth in urban districts
State boards are making governance changes

News and Trends
Graduate employees can bargain in Ill., Pa. and N.Y.
Chicago union doesn't blink, gets a contract
Professional development task force holds first meeting
Charter colleges? An idea whose time won't come
Chicago, Rochester eye five-year high school
Tuition increases continue their upward creep
Higher education leaders shape full agenda

Speak Out
Should the lack of males in college be a cause for concern?

Politics
Labor's role was crucial in November elections

Washington Wire
Student privacy law suddenly proves bollixing to unions

Technology
Keep the reins of technology in faculty hands

TECHNOTES
A computer in every port
Like lemmings to the sea...
Who wants to be a college president?

Your Money
Reality check: Getting your ducks in a row before you retire

Tax Talk
Never write a check to the IRS again!