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EDITOR’S NOTE Inquiring Minds Want to Know NIVERSITY BUSINESS HAS ENJOYED AN active and opinionated readership for many years. The articles in each issue are written with your help and through your perspective. We highlight some of your voices each month through forums such as our “Viewpoint” and “End Note” columns, as well as online. Now we want to give more of you the opportunity to speak out on important issues of the day in our pages. This fall we’ll be publishing a special section of University dents learn but also how your institution operates? Business called “The State of Higher Education” that will be • What can be done to help ensure that tomorrow’s instibased on reader insights on topics of the greatest concern. tutions have qualiﬁed leaders? We’re looking for your insights and opinions. It’s an opportu• Are the SAT and ACT still valid predictors of higher nity for presidents, vice presidents, chancellors, CXOs, pro- education success? And if not, what should replace them? vosts, deans, and association leaders to speak out on a broad • Is there any value to the controversial college ranking range of issues through essays and opinion pieces. systems popularized in the mainstream media? If not, how How long should they be? That’s up can universities escape the rankings withto you. Maybe you have just a brief comout negative consequences in public perment to make, or perhaps you’d like to We’re looking for ception? contribute a longer piece (no more than Let us know what’s on your mind. 1,500 words, please). We just ask that you your insights and submit them by August 6. Submissions COMING ATTRACTIONS can be sent to me at the address below. opinions. University Business is hitting the road with The content, which will be published in the ﬁrst of a series of Leadership Seminars print and online, should address some of this fall. Readers in Northeastern states the pressing issues that concern you. For example: may wish to mark their calendars for one of the full-day semi• How will higher education be impacted by governmen- nars we’ll be producing in October. tal calls for greater accountability and access? Entitled “New Paths to Advancement,” the seminars will • What will the recent student loan scandals mean for feature a panel of nationally recognized experts who will disyour institution, and for higher ed in general? cuss innovative ways that colleges and universities can im• Should the accreditation system be overhauled? prove their ﬁnancial health through marketing, retention, • How should colleges and universities prepare for the and fundraising. predicted decline in student population? The two inaugural seminars are scheduled for Oct. 9 in • How will changing student demographics aﬀect campus Worcester, Mass., and Oct. 10 in Tarrytown, N.Y. resources? You can ﬁnd more information the University Business • What about tuition trends and discounting? Leadership Seminars on page 40 in this issue or by visiting • How can college and university leaders better control our website at www.universitybusiness.com/seminars. unbalanced sports spending? • How should college and university administrators and staﬀ respond to student mental health issues in which other students’ safety may be at risk? • How is technology changing not only the way your stuWrite to Tim Goral at tgoral@universitybusiness.com. U 10 | June 2007 universitybusiness.com http://www.universitybusiness.com/seminars http://universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - June 2007

Contents
College Index
Company Index
Advisory Board
Editor's Note
Virginia Tech Coverage
Sense of Place
Viewpoint
Admissions
On The Hill
Future Shock
Independent Outlook
Internet Technology
I Wanna Be Rich
Smart and Sustainable
Walking the Talk
Steering Toward Sustainability
An Organizing Principle for Colleges and Universities
News Shorts
News Shorts
It’s Not Easy Eating Green
Facilities Focus
The New Face of ERP
Document Management Across Campus
What's New
Direct Connect
Calendar of Events
End Note
Annual Directory of Higher Education Consultants

University Business - June 2007